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Greedy may not be the word, but Phil Graham is certainly acquisitive. Since 1961, when he bought Newsweek, Graham has added possessions at an increasing rate. Besides Newsweek and the Washington Post (which he inherited by marrying the daughter of Owner Eugene Meyer), he now owns broadcasting stations in Washington, D.C., and Jacksonville. Fla., two art magazines, Portfolio and Art News, and his share of a growing news service, which combines the editorial forces of Graham's Post and the Los Angeles Times, and has signed up 33 U.S. dailies. By the end of the year, says Graham...
...most valuable and complete collections of U.S. coins in existence was stolen from the Truman Library in Independence, Mo., where it was being exhibited by its owner, H.S.T.'s onetime Secretary of the Treasury, John W. Snyder. Flying home from Manhattan to preside over the investigation, Truman had his own theory about who stole the $50,000 collection. "Professional thieves have been hired by some coin collector to come and get this collection," he fumed...
...Chicago, Charlene Scanland was primping in front of the bathroom mirror one morning when a hoarse voice came out of the medicine cabinet saying: "Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest one of all?" Replied Charlene, without pausing to analyze the situation: "You are." Later, the owner of the mystery voice came around to find out who had answered the query so sweetly. He was a handsome bachelor who lived in the next apartment, but the story had no romantic ending for Charlene: he married her roommate instead...
...backs of magazines. But the World Champion Green Bay Packers hardly noticed. The offense scored 86 points, the defense limited its opponents to 26, and the Packers (1962 record: eight wins, no losses) continued unmolested toward their third straight Western Conference championship. Sportswriters asked George Halas, owner of the twice-victimized (49-0, 38-7) Chicago Bears, whether he thought the Packers could stay unbeaten all the way. Said Halas sourly: "That's their problem, not mine...
Behind the scenes moves the hotel staff of 500, including 17 bellboys available, night and day, to carry messages across the city by hand, 24 telephone operators, two tennis pros, and one fulltime lifeguard, all dedicated to the proposition that guests are people with names, not just keys. Explains Owner Silberstein: "Every guest wants to be recognized. The ego of man is the same throughout the world. We have to cater to the whims of our guests...