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...little mystery to an already confused situation. "There are some things I know about [Communists in the State Department] that have never fully come out," he said in a radio broadcast. "Some of this might be considered as 'pro' and some of it as 'con.' " In the meantime, he added, "it might be well for everyone to be a little careful, including the committee and myself, on reaching any ultimate conclusion...
...flying-saucers-are-real thesis a big boost. It was put out over the air last week by ABC's Henry J. Taylor and ("for what it's worth") by Mutual's Fulton Lewis Jr.; it was the subject of a documentary, neither pro nor con, by CBS's Edward R. Murrow. Columnist Robert Ruark declared that "I believe . . ." Henry Holt announced a "serious" book on flying saucers by Variety's Columnist Frank Scully. The Herald Trib, pooh-poohing the U.S. News article, concluded: "And yet-And yet there is something puzzling about the business...
...spend hours hunting down details for his book, revising parts -; of it over & over again, planning its total structure with the care of a general plan ning a battle. Proust said, "Life may bring solation." A man who disappointments, but knew in this work and is con could act upon it may not have needed sickness to increase his power of analysis ; he could be a great writer, not because he remained a child, but because at least part of him had grown into...
...York City's $1.5 billion Consolidated Edison Co. serves 2.6 million customers, more than any other private gas & electric company in the world. Last week big "Con Ed" decided to improve its 53-year-old pension system, announced a plan which union & management say is one of the best in the country. Beginning April 1, all 30,000 Consolidated Edison workers who reach the compulsory retirement age of 65 and have 30 years of service will get a pension of at least $125 a month (including Social Security benefits), and a majority of employees will get more. The company...
...con who doesn't remember the outside world, Richard Baschart looks reasonably bewildered. He is, however, not as gorgeous as all the female characters in the movie thought. Marilyn Maxwell and Dorothy Hart, the two nurses at the hospital where the here finds work, inject the usual amount of spice into commonplace roles. Each manages to appear frightened when a man's hand is at her throat, and each manages to hold a kiss until the director calls for a blackout. John Hoyt, the master crook who happens to be carried into the hospital just as the hero begins...