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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Married. Guri Lie, 26, blonde daughter of first U.N. Secretary-General Trygve Lie; and William Zeckendorf III, 26, son of Real-Estate Tycoon William Zeckendorf and a vice president of his father's Manhattan real-estate firm, Webb & Knapp; in Winchester, Va...
...Major John Eisenhower's children, David, 7, and Barbara Anne, 6, attend a private Episcopal school in Alexandria, Va. Susan, 4, goes to the integrated kindergarten at the U.S. Army's Fort Belvoir, Va. All three children attend Sunday schools that have Negro as well as white children...
...Aquino, more infamous as Tokyo Rose, whose seductive broadcasts in World War II aimed at demoralizing Allied forces in the Pacific but actually entertained them, wound up her ten-year treason stretch (with time off for rosy behavior) at the Federal women's pen in Alderson, W. Va. Although Rose was until her conviction a U.S. citizen (she was born of Japanese parents in Los Angeles on the Fourth of July, 1916), the Federals immediately moved to deport her. This raised a fine legal point: Is Rose now an undesirable resident alien, perhaps to be deported...
...reason behind Cole's reappraisal was a series of moves by the U.S. Government to ease housing credit. Explained Under Secretary of the Treasury W. Randolph Burgess: "The threat of overexpansion has subsided." Following the increase in the repayment period of FHA-and VA-secured home loans, the Federal National Mortgage Association (known colloquially as "Fannie May") last week announced a "mortgage repurchase" plan that will free more money for home loans, get more banks and other lenders to use Fannie May's services...
...Washington a panel of 30 top home builders, gathered at the National Housing Center, greeted an announcement by the FHA and VA lengthening the repayment period on Government-guaranteed mortgages from 25 to 30 years. But the builders said that the longer mortgages, which mean smaller monthly payments, were not enough. Unless the Government eases the supply of mortgage money, they foresee a drop in 1956 housing starts of some 90,000 to 100,000 under...