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With a personal staff of six chamberlains, Crown Prince Akihito, 19, sailed from Tokyo on the S.S. President Wilson for his first trip abroad, a six-month journey which will take in the coronation in London. Emperor Hirohito gave his son a bon voyage present of pearl cuff links; the Empress personally packed his wardrobe trunk. Both parents watched the Prince's departure on a palace...
...week's end, A.M.A. summoned its house of delegates into special session at Washington's Statler Hotel to give an opinion of the Eisenhower reorganization plan. To reassure A.M.A., Eisenhower and Secretary-to-be Hobby went over to the meeting themselves. In an off-the-cuff speech, the President said he had found, in the past few years, that "I have certain philosophical bonds with doctors. I don't like the word 'compulsory.' I am against the word 'socialized.' " He was sure that the Government could do more for the national health...
...fewer than the Catholics), and in the popular vote beat the Catholics by 37,000. In Austrian politics, which are often referred to as an "institutionalized deadlock," this meant more stalemate, with both main parties bucking for the premiership. But for neo-Nazis and Communists, the result was a cuff in the face. The Independents dwindled from 16 to 14 seats; the Communists dropped to a noisy minority of four...
...production, make additional products which he could sell profitably, develop research to make others. For two years Shennan has been preparing his course by acquiring other companies, such as Kentucky's Wadsworth Watch Case Co. and Rhode Island's watchband-making Hadley Co., which also makes cuff links, tie clasps, etc. Elgin itself is importing Swiss movements for Wadsworth cases, and making compacts, emblems, and product name plates-plus $23 million of defense orders. Result: Elgin's 1952 sales are estimated at $50 million, v. 1950's $30.2 million...
...Panaceas." What did Ike get out of his trip to Korea? He tried to give an off-the-cuff summary to 125 correspondents who crowded into the Eighth Army's war room for a press conference on his last day. Said he: "We have no panaceas, no trick ways of settling any problems . . . How difficult it seems to be in a war of this kind to work out a plan that would bring a positive and definite victory without possibly running the grave risk of enlarging the war. There are many limitations in a war of this kind...