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THOUGH HITCHCOCK'S abilities to manipulate plot coincidence and filmic shock properties are vaunted, the best moments of the film occur from ironies constructed by screen-writer Anthony Schaffer (missing from Arthur LaBern's original novel) and from Hitchcock's consequent need to define his characters for us. Though it's true that Frenzy isn't really "about" anything (except, as with most suspense films, man against the modern world), all the main characters illustrate the notion that violent streaks and clandestine desires are natural and sometimes even make sense. The Scotland Yard inspector who sneaks his meat and eggs...
With all its advantages, area navigation has clearly earned its place in the airliner's cockpit. It has strong support from FAA Administrator John Schaffer, who has set aside 16 high-altitude corridors for R-Nav flights, despite the opposition of some FAA controllers who feel that it would rob them of authority and perhaps eventually their jobs. Commercial pilots, almost to a man, are fully convinced that R-Nav has the potential of making air travel faster, safer and more dependable than ever before...
Married. Katharine Lindsay, 19, daughter of New York Mayor John Lindsay and a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania; and Richard Schaffer, 23, a 1969 graduate of the Wharton School of Finance; in a civil ceremony at Gracie Mansion, the mayor's residence in Manhattan...
...RALPH S. SCHAFFER Hollywood...
...LIRR. They live in the neighborhood, work at nearby stores and factories, and come into the place after work to chat about the things people always talk about in bars. "How are they treating you at Grumman," one man says to another as they sip their Schlitz and Schaffer. "Not bad, but I'm not going anyplace," he replies. A little further down the rubbed wood bar, a scotch drinker banters with the barmaid, asking how she likes the heat. "Most of the time it's not too bad," she says tossing her bobbed head. "I have a very nice...