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Gamble on Change. Last week lines of tourists bought up pounds, francs and yen from Deak's Perera Co., busiest currency exchange in the U.S. and only one of Deak's skein of 20 currency "stores." The tourist trade is a small part of Deak's business; his plumpest profits come from the active shufflings of currencies in crisis. "Whenever countries are not stable," says Deak, "their currencies are heavily traded." Currency speculators and companies operating in inflation-ridden countries such as Brazil or Italy try to conserve the value of their cash by buying or selling...
Plugging the Leaks. Unraveling this skein of questionable public arithmetic took 4,500 inches in the Times: about 150,000 words. It was worth the effort. Out went the high-living John Hammer, and in went five new state laws that plugged the holes through which millions of tax dollars had leaked. It was a prime example of the kind of investigative reporting that a good reporter on a crusading newspaper ought to do. So it should have been no surprise last week when the Pulitzer Prize for meritorious public service went to the St. Petersburg Times. Martin Waldron...
...Mosel play adapted for Broadway from the late James Agee's A Death in the Family, it pictures the laying to rest of Jay Follet, a young husband and father whose sudden death in an automobile accident teaches his family that the ties that bind are a tangled skein. Producer David Susskind and associates made the story a straightforward tearjerker-and left out the subtle, uncannily sensitive heart...
Poor, forgotten John E. Kellerd stretched his skein to 102 performances...
Director Anatole Litvak tangles the skein of fate with finesse; from Sophia he has coaxed some fine flashes of doe-eyed terror, and he has allowed Tony to prove what a convincing actor he can be when he is not embroiled with Kafka or Racine...