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...invitation of Nikita Khrushchev, who apparently wanted an American he could be nice to, Cleveland Industrialist Cyrus Eaton, 76, recently awarded a Lenin Peace Prize, flew to Paris with his invalid wife, but got there only as K. was about to depart at Orly Airport. Eaton told K. the story of George Washington, the cherry tree and telling no lies. Later, Eaton was asked if he regarded Dwight Eisenhower as a liar in the spy plane ruckus. "No," replied Canadian-born Millionaire Eaton, "but we pulled some serious fibs. We need to return to the principles of George Washington...
Fool or Knave? Early last week somebody leaked the story of Strauss's maneuvering to the New York Times's Correspondent Cyrus L. Sulzberger. The infuriated Spanish press charged that Sulzberger's source was NATO Secretary-General Paul-Henri Spaak, "a Socialist and an old enemy of the Spanish regime," and that the whole thing was a Jewish-Masonic plot. With undisguised delight, Russia's Tass bayed that "the two most reactionary states in Europe" had concluded "a backstage deal ... to obstruct the relaxation of international tensions...
...CYRUS EATON STOCK DEAL to consolidate Eaton's Portsmouth Corp., an investment company, with Detroit Steel Corp. (No. 15 in U.S.) is being negotiated. If stockholders and SEC approve deal, Eaton, 76 (TIME, Jan. 19, 1959), will become chairman of Detroit Steel...
Taking over Goad's old duties will be Sherrod E. Skinner, 62, who was elected an executive vice president. Skinner has been vice president of G.M.'s accessory group since 1951. Also promoted to executive vice president was Cyrus R. Osborn, 62, vice president of the engine group since 1950. In his new post, Osborn will boss G.M.'s engine divisions, the household appliance and electro-motive groups, and the overseas and Canadian units...
...attention has been called to the letter of yours that Cyrus Durgin, drama and music critic of the Boston Globe, printed in last Sunday's newspaper. I was shocked to find a person of your eminence unleashing such an ill-timed and sloppily thought-out barrage against the Cambridge Drama Festival's tenancy this summer of the new, State-constructed Metropolitan Boston Arts Center (MeBAC); and I was surprised to see Mr. Durgin rising to your bait...