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Died. Rupert Edward Cecil Guinness, Earl of Iveagh, 93, fifth-generation boss of Guinness Stout, world's second largest brewer (just after Anheuser-Busch), who took over Ireland's largest private employer in 1927, plunged into export trade, saturating British pubgoers with "My Goodness, My Guinness" billboards, and before retiring in 1962 made it the world's largest beer exporter; in Woking, England...
...Thieu promoted two slates, and both lost. Huong promoted two; both lost. Runner-Up Dzu backed five; all lost. Indeed, the six triumphant slates look something like a political scientist's dream of incipient democracy come true: two are likely to support the Thieu government, two are in stout opposition, and two are independent...
...HANGER STOUT, AWAKE! by Jack Matthews. 151 pages. Harcourt, Brace & World...
...Clyde Stout is a teen-ager who works in a small-town gas station, worships his Chevy and a hard-hearted local girl. One day he discovers a unique inner resource: he can hang by his hands for two, three, four minutes at a stretch. A local gambler begins to make book on him, but "Hanger" sees his talent only as a means for buying new and shiny presents for his two loves. In the end, he loses the girl, is cheated of his winnings, gets drafted, sells his car, and shrugs. In this gentle first novel, told with...
...having us on," replied Maude Smyth, 50, the archetype of English womanhood, from home perm to sensible walking shoes. "Truly, lady," came the very English reply from inside, "if you look through the crack you'll see us trussed up like chickens." Maude Smyth and her three stout companions looked, and great consternation followed. For the bingo ladies of Kentish Town were the first to learn about Britain's crime of the year: the theft of $2,100,000 worth of gold bullion...