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About two weeks ago Ebtehaj was offered his freedom if he handed over bail of $140 million-four times the amount of the contract with Lilienthal. Newspapers defied censorship to quip that the government was trying to pay off its deficit. Haughtily, Ebtehaj refused the proposition, even though his wife raised pledges for the money in less than a week. "If I am guilty, prosecute me," he said, "and if I am innocent, release...
...irked Catholics by introducing a birth control bill, has since made amends by backing Catholic charities. President of Mutual Insurance Company of Hartford, he barely missed the gubernatorial nomination in 1958. To those who suggested that he try for the Senate when Bush bowed out, Alsop replied with a quip: "There are enough Alsops in Washington now." Edwin H. May Jr., 37, a wavy-haired, hardheaded politician who was state Republican chairman from 1958 until last November. A basketball captain at Wesleyan University and former president of the Connecticut Junior Chamber of Commerce, he was elected to Congress...
...Luis Obispo, he was confronted by 600 angry California State Polytechnic College students, demonstrating in protest against a state-levied, $9-per-quarter parking fee for students with cars. Speaking without a microphone, Brown raised his voice to drown out the hecklers, eased the tension with a quip: "Now I know how Nixon felt in Caracas. This is my first crisis, but I'm not going to write a book about it." He went on to promise that California state colleges would be tuition-free so long as he was Governor, and as for the parking fee: "When...
...television, the Oscar show itself worked like a greased piston, and was not much more interesting. Most of Bob Hope's jokes seemed to have been written by the muscle-bound clod whose likeness is preserved in the Oscar statuette. There were some good ones, however, including one quip on the gritty mood of current moviemaking. For the best sup porting actor award, Hope pointed out, "those in contention are actors who played a juvenile delinquent, a Nazi, a gangster, a gambler and a poolroom hustler...
Last week Mike Di Salle announced that he will seek re-election after all, started his campaign with a characteristic quip: "If nominated, I will run. If elected, I will serve." There is no doubt Di Salle will be nominated-but he may have some trouble getting elected. His likely opponent: James A. Rhodes, state auditor, former mayor of Columbus, co-author of books on Mary Todd Lincoln and Commodore Perry, and a Republican with a record that could draw some of labor's traditional support away from the Democrats...