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...been an acquiescent promoter of Stalin. In one of the final chapters of his diffuse six-volume memoirs he even backtracked: the voice of Stalin he had once heard became ominous "noises on the stairs"-meaning the approach of the secret police. "If he just read the list of all his victims," he said of the old dictator, "he would not have been able to do anything else...
...disaster-prone sport that badly needs more stringent supervision. So far this year, 36 chutists have died; last year the figure was 23, the year before 25. The U.S. Parachute Association argues that there is only one fatality for every 55.000 jumps, points to its long list of dos and don'ts for members. In the Ohio tragedy, there was an obvious FAA radar foul-up. Yet the chutists had broken every rule in their own book, rules that in any event are largely voluntary. Aside from the cloud regulation, no federal or state agency pays much attention...
...citizenship and property because of her criticism of Greece's military junta, learned that the royal couple planned to lunch with Secretary-General U Thant. Planting herself like an avenging Athena in front of the TV cameras outside the U.N. entrance, Melina began reading a long list of rhetorical questions calling for democratic elections in Greece, etc., etc. Constantine and Anne-Marie made it inside to their luncheon without hav ing Melina's open letter thrust upon them, so the actress dropped it off at their hotel to await their return...
...Gallery, and from there to Utica, N.Y., Atlanta and Brooklyn. Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum is currently showing Mount's Cider Making, which it recently discovered in Portchester, N.Y., and bought for its collection. Even the White House is interested, has included Mount and Woodville on a list of 22 U.S. artists that it would like to add to its own collection...
...days of bargaining, negotiators have managed to settle just one item in Walter Reuther's 46-page list of United Auto Worker demands. They agreed to add "sex and age" to "color" in a contract antidiscrimination clause. Beyond that, the only consensus in Detroit seems to be that the industry is in for a long, costly strike. The union, snapped U.A.W. Vice President Leonard Woodcock last week, would not hesitate to pick a strike target "if we fail to get a satisfactory offer-and that's a foregone conclusion...