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...Irving for $50,000, a McGraw-Hill check for $275,000 and a McGraw-Hill check for $325,000. Irving claims that he gave two of the checks to Hughes in person and the third to a trusted Hughes intermediary; by Irving's account, Hughes personally acknowledged a half-hour later that he had indeed received the third check. Last week at a New York State Supreme Court hearing on the case, Irving showed photostats of the three checks, all bearing the endorsement of "H.R. Hughes" and cleared by the Swiss Credit Bank in Zurich...
...Nixon was furious at Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi because during her visit to Washington in November, she gave no indication that India intended to go to war with Pakistan. The Anderson papers illustrate the intensity of Nixon's anger at New Delhi: "I am getting hell every half-hour from the President that we are not being tough enough on India," Kissinger told the meeting on Dec. 3. "He has just called me again. He does not believe we are carrying out his wishes. He wants to tilt in favor of Pakistan. He feels everything we do comes...
This is an adaptation of one Neil Simon play that the author might like to forget. The heroine, an aspiring Olympic swimmer, is a jabbering pixy whose notion of Americanism Dr. Carl Mclntire might find a tad overzealous. The premise-a little flimsy even for a half-hour episode on a TV sitcom-is that this young lady drives two underground California journalists into transports of romantic ecstasy...
Most (and only) creative new program resulting from the extra half-hour of prime time given to local stations: STORY THEATER (syndicated...
...criminal cases. One reason: a defendant's right to confront his accusers. There were a few minor problems for civil cases too. Conditioned to breaks and commercials, the jurors found the nonstop viewing taxing; next time, said Judge McCrystal, he would order a five-minute recess every half-hour. McCrystal also suggested that to reduce monotony, witnesses should be taped "on location," in their offices, at the accident site, in the hospital. All in all, though, said one juror, "it was much easier to keep my mind on what was going...