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...light of all this, there is something brave, if conceivably self-destructive about Telefon, which might have been subtitled 'The Last Spy Picture Show." Its creators do not attempt to palm off their Manchurian Candidate plot as something ripped from today's flaming headlines. The gimmick- a group of Russian deep-cover agents in the U.S. are mind-conditioned to sabotage military targets when they get a phone call repeating a triggering phrase- is seen from the start as a forgotten pre-détente plot that an unreconstructed cold warrior (Donald Pleasence) manages...
...have to do with the quality of their lives." In Atlanta, says Jean Thwaite, food editor of the Constitution, "it's a real challenge and a status symbol to come up with something your company hasn't tasted before, something they don't even know how to pronounce." In Palm Beach, according to Skippy Harwood, food columnist for the Daily News, "there's nothing more chic right now than a small gourmet party prepared by the hostess, instead of her staff...
...Fords' home in Palm Springs, Calif., Betty Ford said she endorsed all the planks approved by the Women's Conference, including the most controversial ones. "I am broad-minded," she said. "I know I will be criticized for it, but I have to be honest. I know that there is a problem for lesbians, for homosexuals. It's not their fault that they happen to be born with different genes, and they shouldn't be discriminated against. I am not for abortion on demand, but in many cases it is necessary-rape, incest and others. This...
...QUIET, PALM-SHADED UNIVERSITY in Southern California with $90 million budget and more than 30,000 students devoted to academics and outdoor recreation needs new leader w/achieved academic excellence and interest in town-gown harmony. Experience in running state institutions helpful; Predecessor Brage Golding was capable administrator but fought ceaselessly with divided 23-member trustee board (half appointed by Governor Jerry Brown, half by former Governor Ronald Reagan); Golding fled to Kent State, attributing fondness for Ohio to fact that "the state legislature there meets only once every two years." Salary: $41,000 to $55,000. Use of state...
...From Palm Springs come the genial protests of Gerald Ford, who also liked to close the day with two martinis (5 to 1) and when things went well (or badly) had three. The ghost of De Voto is walking the land, recalling the poetry in the first martini: "The rat stops gnawing in the wood, the dungeon walls withdraw, the weight is lifted . . . your pulse steadies and the sun has found your heart . . . the day was not bad, the season has not been bad, there is sense and even promise in going...