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...Jack Benny Show), now doing an occasional nightclub bit; and Peggy McNulty, 41, his wife of 18 years: their tenth child, fourth daughter; in Santa Monica, Calif. The addition to the Day nursery prompted the Bobby Kennedys, expecting their tenth in the spring, to whip off a congratulatory telegram: IN 1968 WE WILL CHALLENGE YOU TO THE WORLD'S FAMILY FOOTBALL-TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP...
...invitation, written and sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society, was signed by 50 faculty members (whose names appeared on the telegram) and more than 1000 students. It claims the debate would "provide a sound basis for critical assessment of U.S. foreign policy...
...peasant fled in terror to Kong Le, who sent Souvanna Phouma a telegram warning of impending disaster. Souvanna, who does not believe in dragons, shrugged it away. Even when the Mekong River started to rise, he attributed it simply to the annual monsoon rains. But the river kept on rising, to a 40-year high, which put the lower sections of the city 'deep under swirling brown water. Suddenly, Parisian education or no, the prince changed his mind: he could be blamed for the disaster unless he followed the dragon's instructions. He called on Kong...
Fiery Tongues. But the right-wing generals who are Souvanna Phouma's principal election opponents had no intention of letting him off the hook. No sooner had he called for Kong Le than they sent the neutralist commander a telegram warning him to stay out of Vientiane or face "our cricket," which "is even more powerful than your dragon...
When Jackie Gleason suddenly up and announced his retirement from CBS television last winter, he got a wire of "appreciation" from an NBC vice president. The telegram was ill timed. In the first place, the Gleason show had become so lackluster in recent seasons that he already seemed semiretired. In the second place, Gleason turned right around and signed an $8,000,000 deal with CBS for one more season. It would be, he proclaimed, "something different" and "something better...