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Maniac is a lethal little thriller that succeeds in spite of itself. The acting and direction are soso, and the character motivations cloudy. But the picture has an ingenious, neatly reticulated plot that packs some walloping surprises. An acetylene torch is the deadly weapon that keeps suspense sizzling...
...Labor Party symbol is made up of three elements: the spade and pen, representing workers of both the hand and the brain, linked by the torch. The symbol came into being in 1918, following the formation of a new party constitution, and is thought to have been designed by Jimmie Middleton, who was then general secretary of the party. [For that original version, see cut.) The stylized version of the symbol that TIME used in the background of the Wilson cover portrait was prepared 2½ years ago by Jack Stoddard of the Labor Party's art department...
...symbolic torch of the Olympic games has burned in many places, but never in Latin America. As the International Olympic Committee met in the West German resort of Baden-Baden last week to pick the site for the 1968 summer games, the French city of Lyon poured out the champagne and was full of effervescent expectations. Michigan's Governor George Romney flew over from the U.S. to plead Detroit's impressive case (its seventh attempt) with the help of a 37-minute movie including a special pitch by President Kennedy. Of the two Latin American contenders, Mexico...
They never have. Wallace ran again for Governor in 1962, and this time he was spouting segregationist fire that burned hotter than Vulcan's torch. "As your Governor," he cried, "I shall refuse to abide by illegal court orders to the point of standing at the school-house door if necessary...
Died. Group Captain Adolf Gysbert ("Sailor") Malan, 52, one of World War II's top air aces, South African merchant sailor who traded his sea legs for wings, bagged 35 Nazi planes as an R.A.F. Spitfire pilot, returned home to organize 250,000 veterans into the "Torch Commando," which disbanded in 1953 after an unsuccessful campaign to change the racist policies of Prime Minister Daniel Malan, a distant relative; of pneumonia; in Kimberley, South Africa...