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Even if current advertisers remain loyal, Curtis can ill afford such whopping penalties. In its struggle for survival, the publishing house, which traces its lineage to Ben Franklin, has lost ground. It is now $30.5 million in hock -most of that in short-term notes that fell due in mid-August; payment has been postponed by the possibility that Curtis may interest a group of banks in refinancing the company's debts. Revenue has plummeted from $260 million in 1960 to $205 million last year-and the figures are still falling...
...staff is suspiciously great, never having lived up to its potential. Last year Sandy Koufax's fingers went numb; this year Don Drysdale may need psychiatric care in mid-August. Behind the plate the ex-Brooks feature John Roseboro, a .249 hitter...
...fall, has signed a conditional contract to play for the professional Boston Patriots in the American Football League next year. He will report for pre-season training in Amherst on July 20 to try out for end position; if he survives the cuts before the first exhibition game in mid-August, he will fulfill a long-standing private goal...
...leader, explore the island, go fishing, and things move along at a Disneying pace for a while-until gradually the veneer of civilization begins to peel away and the boys revert to barbarism. All the boy actors in the cast are nonprofessional; they will be on Vieques Island until mid-August, and Director Brook's No. 1 problem is to prevent off-camera the occurrence of what he is trying to re-create on film. The boys who live in an old pineapple-processing factory they call Fliesville, have already formed their own film production company-with a Brownie...
...virtually final itinerary, featuring major stops in India and Japan, covers the first two months of this summer. After a concert in Greece in mid-August, each member will be free to use his airline tickets home over any route, at any time he desires. Fifty-three Club members will make the trip...