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Manhattan now seems to appall more often than it pleases. Tourists, who gobble up goods at Macy's, profess to find the city cold and overwhelming. On the West Coast foreigners prefer Disneyland to Hollywood. "You really should have let Khrushchev go to Disneyland," said one Scot. "He probably would still be there if you had." Another great Russian favorite is the tomb of Rudolph Valentino. Still high on every foreigner's list: the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, and the elaborate curlicue highway system. For the sociologically minded, Negro districts are a must. One tourist guide...
...After eliminating defending champ Joe Carr and U.S. Airman Ralph Morrow in the British Amateur Golf Championship, grizzled Scot Jimmy Walker, 40, ran out of steam, lost to husky British Walker Cupper Michael Bonallack...
Most dramatic element of what Scot tish Architect Sir Basil Spence calls his "prayer in stone" is the contrast between the starkly modern new building of pink sandstone (on the outside) and cool concrete (on the inside) and the bombed ruins, which will form a kind of entrance to the cathedral. They will be kept as they are-grass and gravel where the pews once stood-and linked to the new structure by a covered arch...
...legal responsibility for any crimes committed when drunk. As a result, Japan's tipsy tipplers break store windows, kick dents in car fenders, insult passing women, even commit murder, without fear of lawsuit or punishment. (One jurist estimates that an average of ten murderers a year go scot-free because...
...mankind as he is to his family. Joe Keller is the owner of a factory which sold defective airplane parts to the army in World War II, managing to kill some American flyers. Passing the responsibility off onto his innocent partner, he escapes a jail sentence and lives scot free but heavy hearted in his "American town." Both his sons fought in the War--the elder lost at sea, the younger returned home to live with his family and inherit the factory, which now produces toasters and washing machines...