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...brushed off the charges as typical EOKA atrocity propaganda. To show its low regard for the Human Rights Commission, it arrested one of Cyprus' leading lawyers and brought charges against others. But news of the commission's work spread to such influential British newspapers as the Daily Telegraph and the Manchester Guardian. In a House of Commons press conference a fortnight ago, two honorably discharged British soldiers, formerly wardens in a Nicosia detention camp, told of brutal beatings of prisoners. Said ex-Serviceman David Toon: "We felt it our duty to speak. We feel that people in this...
Even when companies shy away from formal creativity sessions, they try to foster a relaxed, understanding atmosphere that will help people unlock their mental storehouses. Some 40 colleges currently have courses in creative thought, and thousands of companies are sending their young men back to school. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. has even gone so far as to send a group of executives t.o the University of Pennsylvania to study literature, thus broaden their minds. Dozens of others such as General Motors AC Spark Plug division, General Electric and Boeing Airplane Co. have set up informal courses within the company...
HUSH-A-PHONE fight has been lost by American Telephone & Telegraph Co. after eight-year court struggle. Bowing to a U.S. Court of Appeals order, FCC reversed its earlier decision and ruled finally that A.T. & T. cannot ban use of "Hush-A-Phone" shields, which slip over speaking end of telephone and permit user to speak without being easily overheard...
Editorialized the Democratic Atlanta Constitution: Ike's speech was "inspiring and filled with patriotism. It was in the best tradition of such speeches . . ." Said London's Daily Telegraph: "Every sentence proclaimed the President's absorption with what he now clearly regards as his remaining mission in life-the creation of a true and lasting peace . . . The whole tenor of his inaugural address suggests that in the next four years we shall see this grand design persistently pursued. This dedication should be an inspiration to the world...
When Whitney's appointment was announced in London, British newspapers were generally mildly approving ("The Yank from Oxford," said Beaverbrook's usually anti-U.S. Daily Express, "is going to be the Yank at the Court of St. James's"). The Daily Telegraph was moved, in passing, to talk about "the American attitude of appointing gifted amateurs to some of the main diplomatic posts in the world. Some of these appointments are brilliant successes, but the practice does not always turn out equally well." For Whitney the U.S. held high hopes, for, as the New York Times...