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...Sculptor Isamu Noguchi have produced a design for a $1,000,000 playground to be carved out of Riverside Park. Proposed as a memorial to the late Philanthropist Adele R. Levy, the layout includes a grass-covered amphitheater, a pyramid and some handsome free-form sculptures designed to tempt the clambering young. But by the time the park engineers, the evaluators, the experts and the mayor are through with the plans, many a moppet may well have hair gone grey at the temples...
...image sometimes looks old. It appeals to shoppers who fondly remember A. & P. for the bargains it offered during the Depression days. But it has less attraction for the affluent 25-to-40 age group, which buys half of the nation's groceries. To tempt this younger crowd, A. & P; belatedly started distributing Plaid Stamps in more than half of its stores. But that forced the com pany into a 2% price rise, which only irritated the longstanding, economy-minded customers...
...demand, are the main weapon that Europeans are using against inflation. Already this year, the central banks of Britain, West Germany and Switzerland have increased rates; last week delegates in Vienna predicted further boosts before long by Britain, Italy and The Netherlands. Europe's high and rising rates tempt many big bank depositors-including some oil-rich Middle Eastern sheiks and Latin American strongmen-to shift their funds from the U.S. to Europe. Though U.S. Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon reported that "U.S. international payments so far this year have been in approximate balance," he expects...
HIGH SPIRITS. A house was never haunted by so blithe a spirit as Tammy Grimes, and Bea Lillie is the comic conjurer who brings her back to earth to tempt her husband and torture his second wife...
...Tempt the Devil. Over a midnight snack, lush Marina Vlady mulls over legal problems with her lawyer-lover, Pierre Brasseur. She has recently disposed of her wealthy husband, neatly pinned the murder on his nurse-mistress. But things aren't working out according to plan. "I wish I hadn't bothered with the serum," she pouts. Then, "Oh well . . . next time." As a girl whose Mona Lisa face masks the soul of a Borgia, Actress Vlady almost turns Devil into an elegant spoof of French justice. Brasseur, too, seems drolly aware that Justice is a lady...