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...suave, savvy Axel Springer (TIME, Nov. 11, 1957), the bold bet on the future was the latest step in a spectacular career. The unknown son of a small Hamburg book publisher, Springer brooded out the war in the parks of Hamburg (a respiratory ailment kept him out of military service), decided that the traditionally dark, hearty brew of German journalism needed a bit of tang and a fleck of foam. He founded his empire in 1946 on the radio weekly Hör zu! (Listen), is now sole owner of three magazines (and one-third owner of two more), ranging...
...paneled penthouse in Hamburg, Publisher Springer lives up to his middle name of Caesar, is surrounded by awed aides who dutifully scramble each morning on the floor of his bedroom for the notes he has tossed off the night before. In the crisis years of West Germany, Springer has professed no party allegiance, insists: "We do not print politics-we print about politics...
...West Germany's ablest newsmen, was not fighting for reinstatement. In fact, he had already written his own professional epitaph. No sooner did he get the news of his dismissal from the directors than he walked to a nearby telephone booth, called D.P.-A.'s Hamburg office, and laconically dictated his bulletin: "Sänger leaves...
Knock First, Sour Kraut, etc. In Hamburg, West Germany, after a rash of mysterious signs (small crosses, arrows) appeared on houses all over the city, police learned that they represented a secret code among door-to-door salesmen...
...championship, Canada's Belleville (Ont.) MacFarlands played so rough that they drew boos, as they had through much of a month-long pre-tournament tour. The MacFarlands needed police protection in Stockholm. In Finland they were pelted with snowballs, accused of being a "hooligan gang." In West Germany, Hamburg's Bild-Zeitung cried that the MacFarlands played "like a bunch of hoodlums . . . ramming down everything that came in their way." Countered MacFarland Assistant Manager Billy Reay: "We are just playing Canadian-style hockey, and European fans are not used...