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...foreign Peace Corps. Said Ayres: "We are now asked to double the appropriation and still retain a half-time director." Pennsylvania Democrat John Dent liked the program's aims but charged both Republican and Democratic Governors with using the program for political purposes-"both in the same poker game, and both have the same marked deck." New Jersey Republican Peter Frelinghuysen taunted Democrats about difficulties at some OEO centers (TIME, July 16). "Many mistakes have been made," Frelinghuysen said, "yet we try to brush them under the rug. This program does not deserve an additional penny...
Died. John Vivian Truman, 79, Harry's younger brother, another outspoken, poker-playing Missourian, who in 1948 became district director of the Federal Housing Administration in western Missouri, refusing any higher position after Harry's election ("I have no danged reason to go to Washington"); after a long illness; in Grandview...
EVERYBODY'S GOT A SYSTEM (ABC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). A special program on the gaming urge that infects all gamblers, from the penny-ante poker player to the bet-a-million stockbroker. Terry-Thomas narrates the documentary, which looks at a British betting shop, Aqueduct race track and Las Vegas...
...cinema verite or avantgarde. One is involved in colossal fun." Just what turn the fun can take is indicated by Thunderball's top-secret opening sequence. There, in rapid order, Bond clobbers a widow ("she" turns out to be a man), strangles him (her) with a fireplace poker, then escapes from the balcony with the aid of a jet-powered backpack, and finally drives off in his Aston-Martin with a blonde...
Bannockburn broke the English hold in Scotland. In 1327, the stupid Edward was at last deposed-and somewhat later dispatched with a red-hot poker that was rammed up his rectum. In 1328, the two powers signed a treaty that recognized Scotland as an independent state and Bruce as its rightful monarch. The next year, "Guid King Robert" died of leprosy. His work was done-indeed, done better than he knew. Three centuries later, in 1603, his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson, James Stewart, was crowned King of England...