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...stories aim to pinpoint trends not yet widely reported, and often turn out to be a scoop when printed. Last month a leader broke the news that a 71-lb. television camera developed by Westinghouse is scheduled to go along on the first U.S. mission to the moon and telecast the trip live. Three times in the past five years enterprising leader writers have won Pulitzer Prizes for such stories as the expose of the commodity market's 1964 salad-oil scandal...
...guess. Yes, said Mount Sinai, births were up from the daily average of eleven to an alltime high of 28. Checking other New York hospitals, Tolchin discovered the same general pattern. Bellevue reported 50% more births, Bronx Municipal 100%, St. Luke's 200% . Tolchin thereupon reported his sprightly scoop in the best deadpan manner-through the mouths of others...
...sensation was Dior's Marc Bohan. AGENT PROVOCATEUR, headlined Women's Wear Daily, which had a full day's scoop on the Dior collection. Stalking down Dior's ramps, models swaggered in mid-calf-length capes and military greatcoats that could have stepped right out of Doctor Zhivago. True, underneath, Bohan had his models in guillotine-hemmed up-and-down dresses or knee-length double-breasted suits, but the challenge to the high-rise hem was obvious. "Something had to be done about the length," said Bohan. "They couldn't get any shorter-and besides...
Komsomolskaya Pravda's Ace Reporter V. Chikin was as shocked as any other true atheist by the letters pouring in from outraged readers. They complained that young people were snapping up gold-plated crosses on sale in state-run shops. Crosses! Sniffing a scoop, Chikin went snooping...
...Romanoff promptly rang up Mrs. Rickard. "This is Governor Len Small of Illinois," he intoned. "I am distressed to hear of the illness of my old friend Tex. Tell me, Mrs. Rickard, how is he?" "He's dying, Governor," the tearful spouse replied, and Romanoff had another scoop...