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...first wife of a German Chancellor in 30 years (excepting Eva Braun's few days) likes it better in the Haus than the banquet halls. Unpretentious Luise Erhard still does her own shopping in neighborhood stores and bargain basements, and she actively dislikes the necessary but nettlesome social functions. So during the round of farewell parties for Konrad Adenauer, it came as only a mild surprise one evening when she was the only woman in floor-length gown. Aghast at her gaffe, she whispered to Adenauer, "I feel so out of place." "Don't you worry," der Alte...
Strong Advice. At 80, Flick still has a ramrod-straight back. Virtually his only relaxation is strolling alone, head down, through the vast park surrounding Haus Hobeck, his spacious 15-room villa near Düsseldorf. On the job he avoids all small talk, turns out a prodigious amount of work each day at the 100-man headquarters of his holding company on two rented floors in Düsseldorf. He is frequently on the phone to such key managers as Walter Hitzinger of Daimler-Benz, constantly amazes them with his grasp of intricate details...
...Germans, believe Rehder and Twaddell, are a simple, happy affluent people. They are gemuetlich. They live in small, unnamed towns (each one has one Post--links um die Ecke--two Hotels--of which one is ein gut buergerliches Haus--and a Bahnhof--geradeaus). Their names are, primarily, Schmidt, Steinhauer, Limberger and Reiff. Their men are proud of various civic monuments; their women are proud of their TVs and VWs; they all gossip an awful lot; none of them ever mentions World...
...perhaps know, McCarthy and his assistants, Cohn and Schine, are generally considered to have considerably damaged our U.S. information program. In Vienna, they succeeded in removing books and records from our Amerika-Haus. In Munich they had several senior people removed from the Consulate General and the Amerika-Haus. Consequently, although I feel it perfectly fair to criticize USIA for weak sports, presumed or actual, I do not think you are justified in using McCarthy's favorite device, guilt by association...
Reynolds is building a 14-acre $30 million plant that will increase its capacity 30% next year. Last week Reynolds announced that it is moving into Europe, buying a 51% interest in West Germany's second largest cigarette firm of Haus Neu-erburg. Does the cancer talk give Gray pause? Says he: "I just don't believe...