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...General Charles de Gaulle's London headquarters during the Battle of Britain, he dropped a note in the general's Suggestion Box. The note told how Free French press relations could be improved. De Gaulle sent for Laguerre and asked if he could improve them. "Oui, mon general," said Laguerre. Thus he became press officer for the Free French and, when the war ended, head of the press department of the new French government. His immediate superior and last boss before he joined our staff early in 1946 was Minister of Information André Malraux...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Publisher's Letter, Jul. 18, 1955 | 7/18/1955 | See Source »

Strictly speaking, the Société Monétgasque de Banque et de Méttaux Prétcieux, run by swarthy Greek Promoter Constantin Liambey, is only one of 13 banks in Monaco. But it had this advantage over most of the others: some $2,500,000 of Monaco's state funds were deposited in its coffers. In the eight years since he opened his bank, the favor of autocratic Prince Rainier and his top advisers had made johnny-come-lately Liambey one of Monaco's richest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONACO: The Gambling Banker | 7/18/1955 | See Source »

...raced over to see his old friend Arthur Crovetto, Minister Plenipotentiary, Secretary of State, Director of the Cabinet. Crovetto was also the man who had persuaded Prince Rainier to deposit the state money in Liambey's bank. Panicked, Crovetto himself raced to the Prince and the 18-man Monétgascan National Council and urged them to give Liambey a loan. The Council agreed - on one condition: that the Prince fire Crovetto and three other of the Prince's top financial advisers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONACO: The Gambling Banker | 7/18/1955 | See Source »

...America's Greatest Bands (Sat. 8 p.m., E.D.T.), which presents four different jazz bands each week and thus far has seemed intent on proving how unimaginatively popular music can be presented in a visual medium. In Sid Caesar's NBC spot was Caesar Presents (Mon. 8 p.m., E.D.T.), a catastrophically unfunny comedy show. Said the trade sheet Variety: "Originally, it was Caesar's intent to base the summer series on the misadventures of a traveling band ... but somewhere along the line, the whole idea misfired and they settled for a revue format. On the basis of Monday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The Week in Review | 7/18/1955 | See Source »

Wide, Wide World (Mon. 8 p.m., NBC). A new show, with Dave Garroway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Program Preview, Jun. 27, 1955 | 6/27/1955 | See Source »

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