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...more in keeping with his not inconsiderable abilities. In the past two years he worked his way up to a $20,000-a-year salary as administrative assistant to R. Andrew Smith, a ladies' comb manufacturer. Hiss disclosed last week that he has quit, but kept mum on his new venture. Ex-Employer Smith had qualified praise for him: "An indispensable man," but not quite "a dedicated businessman." Observed Smith vaguely: "Mr. Hiss ought to work for a foundation or a public-service type of thing...
...Oakley Rhinelander. To Jeanne, self-described as "a devoted friend" of both "Ari" and Tina, it was all "a blow." In her villa, outraged Jeanne got good and mad at Tina: "My name was proclaimed the subject of a scandal in which I had no part." Shipowner Onassis kept mum. That was a shrewd move, because Tina-whose father. Greek Shipping King Stavros Livanos, reputedly has more drachmas than Onassis-had proclaimed that she is not interested in any part of Onassis' wealth...
...after compromise attempts failed. Chairman Allan P. Kirby has withdrawn offer to give Boston Financier Abraham Sonnabend a seat on Allegheny's board, will not extend a second otter to buy 200,000 shares of stock claimed by Sonnabend, and challenges him to a proxy fight. Sonnabend is mum on plans, has not yet filed statement of proxy intentions with...
From the smart sidewalks of Belgrave Square to the teeming front stoops of South London's slums, an English baby is known by the carriage he keeps. Massive, super-sprung, often a flashy lilac in color, for the Mayfair nanny and the working-class "mum" alike, the Big Pram has become in postwar Britain a symbol of status akin to the automobile in U.S. oneupmanship. But at least one winter baby in England next year is due for a hand-me-down. As Buckingham Palace prepared for the first child to be born to a reigning British monarch...
...Yard experts were doing any better than the local police, they were keeping mum. Said Detective Superintendent Richard Lewis bravely: "We are putting the jigsaw puzzle together." Bermuda locked its doors and waited in fear for the next new moon on October...