Word: prisoners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...PRACTICAL PRINCESS, by Jay Williams, illustrated by Friso Henstra (Parents' Magazine Press; $3.95). A princess named Bedelia manages to slay a dragon by using a little common sense-and a lot of gunpowder. She also escapes from a prison tower and marries a handsome prince, all because she is practical. A humorous twist on the standard fairy tale with slightly baroque illustrations...
Hungarian diplomats told the U.S. State Department that Henrietta Blueye was almost free. The Hungarians said that Miss Blueye's six-month prison term for smuggling refugees out of Hungary would be up on February...
Henrietta Blueye, finally back in Cambridge after her Hungarian prison term, said that she suffered no physical punishment but that life in Hungary and its prisons was "emotionally terrifying...
...John R. Cash, 37. A solid coun-try-and-western success since 1955, he has occasionally crossed the boundaries and sold to the wider pop audience (Ring of Fire, I'll Walk the Line). He was rediscovered by the public at large last year when his At Folsom Prison climbed to the top of the charts and sold over 1,000,000 albums. In 1968, he made $2,000,000, and this year things look even better...
Waiting for Jimmy. Just how long the new alliance will last depends largely on the Teamsters' president, James Riddle Hoffa. Convicted of jury tampering in 1964, Hoffa began serving an eight-year sentence in March 1967. He is eligible for parole in November but faces another five-year prison term for conviction on charges of fraud in handling union pension funds, which he is appealing. Hoffa is likely to resume his old job once he gets out. When he returns, no one expects that he and Reuther will be able to work together in harmony. They may not have...