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Anti-Castro Cuban raiders nowadays buy their 2O-mm. cannons through the mail from Finland, make their dog tags on bus station souvenir coin machines. The raiders have largely deserted the Florida coast, and operate mainly from the Bahamas, escaping detection in the maze of 700 islands. Now and then one of their boats makes a dash for Cuba to drop off guns and supplies, shoot up a shore, maybe even fire at a Russian ship...
Once inside, Philip began to steer the company away from making "pompous imitations of the past." Carefully selecting artists whose works span the spectrum of contemporary design, he recruited Raymond Loewy, France's Raymond Peynet. Finland's Tapio Wirkkala, and Germany's Hans Theo Baumann. From their designs the company produced its simple, elegant Studio Line. As the Studio Line's sales rose, so did Philip's influence in the company; in 1958 he became president. Though he has kept a good many older patterns for nostalgic buyers, the Studio Line now accounts...
...Republican National Committee. Among the President's guests: Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the N.A.A.C.P., John Johnson, publisher of Ebony, and, of course, the most prominent Negro members of the Administration-Robert C. Weaver, head of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, and Carl Rowan, Ambassador-designate to Finland. Menu: shrimp Creole, curried chicken, ham, turkey, and two kinds of punch, not counting the political kind...
Yang expected his record to be broken quickly. And so it was. Before the week was out, Finland's Pentti Nikula. 23, tuning up for a U.S. trip at a small indoor meet at home, vaulted an incredible 16 ft. 8¾ in., thus raising the mark by 5½ in. in one prodigious jump. "It came as no surprise to me," said the wiry Finn, who last June set the outdoor record of 16 ft. 2½ in.: "I am in top shape, and I'll shoot for 17 ft. next time...
...Twentieth Century (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). Documentary about Finland and life under the hovering sickle...