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Would Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt be acceptable to him as a running-mate (as suggested fortnight ago by Republican Clare Boothe Luce*)? Of course, of course. What else could he be expected...
...will bank up over the medium-sized cities of the South and Far West. Dewey's strongest support will come from prosperous men over 35; he will encounter the most opposition from young, lower-income voters, women and union members. Among the independents (whom Pollster George Gallup last fortnight estimated at 29% of the voting population), Candidate Dewey will just about hold...
Close to the Costa Rican frontier, 100 Costa Rican exiles and Nicaraguans were getting small-arms training. Last fortnight a like group staged a practice patrol across the border. Figueres forces shot them up, captured some Nicaraguans bearing Sten guns which had been shipped in by Trujillo...
Slacks. The I.C.I.E. survey did not try to measure the effectiveness of such house organs. But on that score, one critic last fortnight had some harsh words. Said Dr. Vergil D. Reed, a J. Walter Thompson Co. research executive: many business magazines are poorly edited, misguided publications that exist only because it's fashionable for industry to have them...
...owners want more. Last fortnight, Hotelman Conrad Hilton, combing Europe for possible links to add to his U.S. chain, was cold-shouldered when he asked if the Ritz could be bought. Said able Managing Director Claude Auzello: "Being a Ritz stockholder is a sort of hobby . . . The Ritz is an old tradition. It is not for sale...