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Before they left Washington, the state chairmen all signed a telegram aimed at persuading Eisenhower to run again. Its concluding sentence: "We like Ike better than ever." They also unanimously adopted a resolution commending Dick Nixon for his work as Vice President. Then, one and all, they emplaned for Denver to see the President...
...American Chamber of Commerce in Korea, a group so constantly harassed that it no longer loses its temper easily, last week uttered a cry of rage. In a bitter telegram to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, it said that some 40 U.S. businessmen have been denied exit visas, and are "held as individual hostages" by the South Korean government until heavy new corporate taxes are paid. Some companies "have been notified of ROK intent to seal offices and impound assets" if they fail to pay "exorbitant sums labeled tax, but not implied by Korean tax laws...
...financial district). Prospective clients call up, name banks or reputable friends as references, then ask Hill's for a weekly credit-anything from 10 to thousands of pounds. (A few wealthy clients have no credit limits.) Once the credit is granted, the player places his bet by phone, telegram or mail. One squad of clerks makes sure the wager was received or postmarked before race time, then other clerks, sitting in the huge horse room, check each bet against the enormous blackboard that carries race results from all over England. The betting week closes Friday night; by Monday morning...
Died. George Francis ("Old Worcester") Booth, 84, editor and publisher of Massachusetts' Worcester Telegram and the Evening Gazette (circ. 157,678); in Gloucester, Mass...
Last week Confidential, which now has six libel suits pending against it, slapped a $9,000,000 libel suit on Columnist Robb, the syndicate and the New York World-Telegram and Sim. But Inez Robb was properly unworried. Said she: "I'm eating and sleeping normally...