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Most of the recent controversy has swirled around Federal Narcotics Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger, 70, who retired fortnight ago after serving as the bureau's head since it was established in 1930. Anslinger was widely criticized for his inflexible enforcement policies, was dubbed "The Untouchable" by his critics. But his departure from the scene ends neither the controversy nor his policies. Last week Anslinger's duties were taken over by his deputy, Henry L. Giordano, 48, a tough enforcement officer since 1941 and an Anslinger protege who agrees with most of his old boss's views. Says...
...couple of weeks. There, of course, it would be best to have one's own palazzo-President Kennedy's friends, the Charles Wrights-mans, do. Countess Natalie Volpi's pied a terre is a good example of style in Venice. The countess usually spends about a fortnight there in June; then off to Rome and other In spots until September, when Venice is Right again, for a while. Tethered outside when she is in residence is her silver-trimmed gondola, and four luxuriously appointed motorboats. The artist who designed the villa's furniture was paid...
When Rembrandt's St. Bartholomew was sold at Sotheby's fortnight ago for $532,000-fifth highest auction price ever paid for a painting-the buyer was Agnew's, a London art firm. But Agnew's was merely acting for Oilman J. Paul Getty, 69, who let it slip last week that he now had the masterpiece hanging in his Sutton Place mansion outside London...
Last week's technical adjustment was helped by short sellers who earlier had borrowed stock and sold it, betting that they could replace it later at lower cost. Fortnight ago. when purchases by bargain-hunting professional investors began to pull the market up slightly from its June 26 low, the short sellers started buying to cover their commitments at levels that would still give them a profit. That sent the market up further-but as prices rose, the bargain hunters began to cut back on their buying, with the result that trading on the New York Stock Exchange declined...
...former friends and associates. Before he resigned as president of E. L. Bruce Co., Inc., and fled to Brazil, Gilbert admitted to writing $1,953,000 in unauthorized company checks in a futile effort to meet margin calls on his stock in Bruce and Chicago's Celotex Corp. Fortnight ago. a federal grand jury charged fraud and ticked off 15 counts that, if proved, could put Gilbert in jail for 74 years. The same day the Internal Revenue Service filed tax liens of $3,464,472 against Eddy and estranged wife Rhoda...