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Contacted late last night, Keppel denied any knowledge of an appointment. Asked about the rumor. Keppel pointed out that "there are rumors about lots of people." He said he couldn't comment on this sort of matter, but that his "hesitancy to comment doesn't indicate anything...
Laborites' indignation boiled even higher with the disclosure that a bundle of 25 letters from "high Admiralty officials" had been found in Vassall's flat. After three days of wild rumor, fully exploited by the Laborites, Prime Minister Macmillan ordered the correspondence published. Contrary to gossip, it turned out to be about as intimate as an Admiralty corridor. Addressed to "Dear Vassall" or "My Dear Vassall," the letters were mostly from the spy's former boss, pleasant, plodding Thomas Galbraith, 45, a Scottish M.P. who was Civil Lord of the Admiralty (roughly equivalent to U.S. Under Secretary...
...Harvard victory today will depend a great deal on whether the backfield gets coordinated. Mike Bassett will run the first unit, and the rumor is that Bill Grana will get the ball more often than in the past. Attempts will also be made to spring Hobie Armstrong loose...
...sketchy story was briefly and inconspicuously reported by British and French newspapers; last month Radio Liberty, an emigre broadcasting outfit in Munich, beamed the rumor back to Russia. Among the circumstantial supporting evidence: 1) the entire Rostov region was suddenly declared off limits to foreign tourists in June, supposedly because of a cholera epidemic, although a major track meet was held on July 8 and Russian citizens were allowed to move freely in the allegedly disease-ridden area; 2) Novocherkassk imposed a curfew on young people, to remain in effect for two years; 3) Nikita Khrushchev's second...
...feud between the Murchisons and New Jersey Financier Allan P. Kirby, who still owns 33% of Alleghany's common. Like Kirby and the Murchisons, Gamble is interested in Alleghany because it owns 47% of Minneapolis' Investors Diversified Services, a $4 billion complex of mutual funds. Rumor is that along with his Alleghany purchases, Gamble is buying up I.D.S. stock...