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General Sun had got off lightly. According to the evidence made public last week, he had built up the sort of outfit to back his personal ambitions. A similar undertaking within the U.S. Army would have brought instant dismissal to any general so involved. In entrusting liaison with his organization to a Major Kuo Ting-liang, who has since confessed to being a secret Communist, Sun played at best a dupe's role. In the commission's view, Sun "could not have been entirely ignorant of the conspiracy" planned by the major and broken up last summer...
Next step will be to build a voice-powered receiver. It will store up voice-electricity while the speaker is talking, then use it to pick up the answer while he is listening. Bryan believes that the entire outfit can be tucked into a plastic container no bigger than a matchbox. Mass-produced cost...
...secretive as ever. He still operates like a cross between a phantom and a whirlwind, dropping out of sight for days, suddenly reappearing to call executives at any hour, day or night. But as Hughes says: "I know about the important things. What's the measure of this outfit? Our internal problems? Me and the way I operate? Or is it the customer's satisfaction?" By all signs, the U.S. Air Force, Howard Hughes's biggest customer, was eminently satisfied...
...Tuesday against Tufts when Bruce Munro's soccer team opens what may well be the most significant soccer year at Harvard. This situation holds true not only because the team may compile a fine record--no opponent on the schedule can afford to feel secure against this year's outfit--but also because this is the year when a final decision will be reached on soccer's quest for major sport recognition...
Filet Mignon at Breakfast. Aboard the presidential plane was young David Eisenhower, on his way home from summer camp and a week with grandfather. As soon as the Columbine was aloft, David, at grandfather's insistence, exchanged his Davy Crockett outfit for a pair of white pajamas with red dots. Within a few minutes he was snug in a berth in the President's private compartment. Ike turned in soon after...