Word: public
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Stenographer Mason and five others promptly formed a syndicate, notified Winnipeg Stamp Dealer Kasimir Bileski of their find. Astounded at the error, the first to reach the public in Canada's century of stamp printing, Bileski offered the syndicate $1,000 a stamp...
...third time since early last year, Actress Sarah Churchill, 44, was hauled in by the law for public drunkenness. This time, in London, she got off with a $5.60 fine, after a constable testified that Sir Winston's daughter "appeared to be trying to hold a sort of political meeting" all by herself in a local snack...
...During President Eisenhower's late-summer tour of Europe, Hsinhua accounts sounded impersonal, but emphasized policy conflicts among the NATO allies: "The appearance of Eisenhower and Macmillan on TV was meant to be a show of 'cordiality' and 'solidarity' . . . yet even in such a public performance, Macmillan spoke at the beginning of the broadcast of the 'differences' between the U.S.A. and Britain." At times Hsinhua plays another role: correspondents in Cambodia send home to Red China flattering stories about the country, which are gratefully reprinted in the Cambodian press-with full credit...
Last week, on the eve of the anniversary celebrations on the mainland (see FOREIGN NEWS), Hsinhua's Hong Kong bureau even tried a capitalistic-style venture into public relations. Staffers made one of their rare appearances outside the building on Sharp Street, played host to some 480 guests (non-Western journalists, diplomats, college professors) at a beer, wine and nibbles reception at the Gloucester Hotel. Asked how many Hsinhua staffers there are in Hong Kong, one replied in good Hsinhuaese: "Oh, we have several journalists...
...intent to mislead and defraud. Judge Thomas C. Egan sentenced him to a month in prison, with three years on probation, fined him $2,500. Said the judge: "This caused the unfortunate and almost vicious death of a three-year-old boy and rendered his family seriously ill. The public must be protected...