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Died. Main R. Bocher, 86, whose simple, subtle couture designs influenced modern fashion for 40 years; of emphysema; in Munich. Bocher (the Christian name came from his mother's Scottish family) grew up on the West Side of Chicago. He remained in Paris after fighting in World War I, became editor of the French Vogue, then set up the Mainbocher salon in 1930. Among his innovations were the introduction of short evening dresses and of decorated cardigan sweaters. Mainbocher's creations graced Wallis Warfield Simpson at her marriage to the Duke of Windsor, as well as millions...
From all recollections Cronin's used to be a Munich-sized beer hall with rows and rows of tables and a long bar, a place that defies duplication in the Square today...
Tinnin and Christensen date the origins of Israel's killer teams to Black September's murder of the eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. The Mossad's first dozen victims were dispatched with silencer pistols or blasted in their hotel rooms or cars with plastique explosives. One of the hit team's victims turned out to be a coordinator of activities among Black September, the I.R.A. and Basque separatists. His replacement: the mysterious terrorist known as "Carlos," who in 1975 engineered the kidnaping of representatives of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting...
...President is: Where does he stand in the Sino-Soviet dispute? While Carter's advocacy of a tougher policy toward Moscow clearly pleases the Chinese, they know almost nothing else about him. Ford apparently has failed to impress them, and Peking accuses him of having a "Munich mentality." Translation: Ford has been too concerned about improving U.S. relations with Moscow...
...journalistic exploits. In an "I-was-somebody-too" tone she relates how Lord Beaverbrook gave her a dry kiss on the forehead and tried to persuade her to accompany him on a trip up the Nile; how she talked her way into Neville Chamberlain's suite in Munich (the toilet paper was pink, the wallpaper was blue...