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...himself as the apartment porter, but Giorgia's mother, not the least bit fooled, had the cops called. When John Jr. was later haled into court on charges of housebreaking and defamation, the whole thing became clear-more or less. Giorgia, it seemed, was an old-fashioned Italian gal who believed in keeping her engagement ring, as a sort of consolation prize, even after her engagement was broken. As for John Jr.: "I need the ring to get engaged again." His new Juliet: another Italian brunette beauty, ex-Model Gabriella Palazzoli...
Unofficial Watch. Peter King sent an assistant on a rush trip to the Virgin Islands; soon the aide was back with jugs of sludge precipitated chemically from 2,500 gal. of six-month-old rain water. The stuff was faintly hot, containing the radioactive cerium and yttrium that are typical products of nuclear fission. As of then, King knew he had a quick and easy way to detect nuclear explosions...
...have rates about $1 per day cheaper- $2.50 per day for a Volkswagen, plus 5? per kilometer (.6 of a mile) and gas. Roads are good except in Spain, Portugal, Yugoslavia, and behind the Iron Curtain. European gas prices are still exorbitant by U.S. standards, average 55? per U.S. gal., run as high as 84? per gal. in France and Italy. But special cut-rate government coupons provide a 21% discount in France, 30% in Italy...
Also arrayed against the consumer - the only one who stands to gain by lower prices - is a whole range of forces with vested interests in keeping up prices. Gasoline at the pump is fair game for a nation seeking revenue; out of the average price of 31? per gal. in the U.S., the consumer pays about 10? in taxes. Independents in the U.S. - which produces the world's most costly oil - pressured the Government to impose import quotas to protect them from cheaper foreign oil. Such regulatory groups as the Texas Railroad Commission make a concerted effort to prevent...
...reflection on the integrity of the entire industry." The Florida Citrus Commission called for punishment of Tropicana "in a degree commensurate with the seriousness of the offenses." Tropicana President Anthony T. Rossi admitted that he had ordered cane sugar syrup added to about half of a 400,000-gal. shipment bound for New York "in a moment of weakness and temptation" because the juice was more tart than usual. He added that Tropicana will not contest the five charges in the state's complaint, which could result in suspension of the company's license. The U.S. Department...