Word: suspicions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...defeat in the Arab-Israeli war. At the same time, the radio announced that Amer, 47, had already been buried in his home village of Astal, 150 miles south of Cairo. Whether Amer jumped or was pushed into eternity, the news of his "suicide" added new tension and suspicion in a country already seething dangerously with plots, resentments and repression...
...nearby Danang and Thua Thien province as well. Huong, as expected, carried his old mayoralty of Saigon. Peace Candidate Dzu won five provinces, all longtime, hard-core bases for Viet Cong activity; he was runner-up to Thieu in 26 provinces honeycombed with Viet Cong cadres. Inevitably, the suspicion arose that the Viet Cong had quietly passed the word to voters to support Dzu. The accusation drew from Dzu an angry but logical rejoinder: Thieu, after all, beat him in 26 V.C.-infested provinces-"Why not say Thieu got the V.C. votes there...
...reason for the bureaucrats' suspicion is simply that the August industrial price surge caught Washington by surprise. Through the months of relative price peace, the Government's inflation-watching machinery has grown rusty. Commerce Secretary Alexander Trowbridge, who had scheduled a routine hold-the-line price pep talk with steelmen in Washington for this week, was caught flat-footed by the bar-products rise. Unless and until the machin ery gets back into well-oiled condition, there are bound to be more squeaks and squawks ahead...
Since rats will eat anything, they should be easy to poison. But they are not. Psychologists explain that rats have two contradictory traits: along with a willingness to sample anything potable or edible, they have a deep suspicion of whatever is new. So exterminators give the rats time to get used to the sight and smell of their traps and baits before they expect results. Dogs and cats, despite their reputation, are not very effective as rat exterminators...
Wednesday, July 12 BOB HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER (NBC, 9-10 p.m.)* Maximilian Schell, Claire Bloom, Nina Foch and Ralph Bellamy in "A Time to Love," an unsettling drama of a love match thwarted by suspicion. Repeat...