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...small arsenal of rifles and ready-to-throw Molotov cocktails. Under orders to grab every weapon in sight, the 82nd troopers even disarmed the eight uniformed cops guarding the house of rebel-rousing ex-President Juan Bosch. As for Bosch himself, he requested-and got-a U.S. military escort to safer quarters five miles out of town. Rebel Chief Colonel Francisco Caamano Deñó, already safe at a camp outside the city, reacted predictably: "It is a shame for one of the most powerful armies in the world to have gone into the city in time of peace when...
Bobby checks out of town on a business trip, but returns unexpectedly and bumps into her again. Ashamed to admit that she lives in a depressed area (Washington Square, apparently), Sandra lets him escort her "home" to his flat, saying it's hers. The rest is a comedy of confusion involving His harried boss (Donald O'Connor), Her door-slamming roommate (Nita Talbot), some cozy dinners (duck a I'orange) and other misfortunes. Put them all together, they add up to Funny Feeling. Take a couple of aspirins first and it'll hardly be noticed...
Hoss Sense. At all times, the star must stick to his public character. A TV cowboy or country musician does not, if he is wise, roll into town behind a screaming police escort or in a chauffeured limousine. The touring cast of the Beverly Hillbillies cannily commandeers the town's oldest car for its infield entrance. Jim Nabors, trained as an operatic baritone before he took on the title role in Gomer Pyle, cost the gate an estimated 10% by trying to sing classical arias at the Shelby County (Iowa) Fair in July. And Lorne Green's Shakespearean...
...more backyards for Manry. The Plain Dealer, which was scooped two weeks ago by the rival Cleveland Press about Manry's progress (TIME, Aug. 20), sent a bevy of reporters to serve as his escort. Autograph seekers stopped him on the street. Offers for books and magazine pieces have begun pouring in. Cleveland plans a hero's welcome when he returns home next week, and Ohio's Republican Congressman William Minshall has proposed that Tinkerbelle be placed in the Smithsonian Institution alongside Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis...
...building, and the head of the department's Passport Office, Miss Frances G. Knight, went a step further. She issued a directive urging female employees to "stand near the alarm button whenever riding elevators" and to "always work in teams," ordered that male employees, upon request, escort girls to the basement parking garage or the building's sign-out desk after regular working hours...