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Just as Willie goes vigorously to the whip to let a horse know who is boss, so William Hartack Sr. wielded a switch with old-fashioned regularity to keep his kids in line. He had three children?Bill Jr., 8, Evelyn, 9, and Maxine. 1? when his wife Nancy died on Christmas morning of 1940 as the result of an automobile crash. He was far too busy scratching out a marginal living as a Colver. Pa. coal-miner to indulge his family in any subtle systems of discipline. "I used to take the stick a lot to Billy," father Hartack...
...need for such a post and conclude that the Police and Fire departments could remedy the situation. Or, he suggested, it may find a need for the appointment of "someone who has not waxed fat on Civil Service, an ex-F.B.I. man or Marine sergeant who could whip some discipline into the police...
Although the job thus demands high qualifications, Lord Hailes was apparently chosen mostly for political reasons: as Patrick ("Paddy") Buchan-Hepburn he served 25 years as a Conservative Member of Parliament, seven years as Tory Whip. When Harold Macmillan appointed him last May, the London Times took the unusual step of scolding the Prime Minister in its lead editorial. But this week the new Governor General will start his tenure energetically by beginning a five-week tour of the infant nation's islands...
Indonesia. President Sukarno last week prepared to leave his revolt and dissent-torn country for a prolonged rest. Both he and the country needed it. Sukarno, in a wild bid to whip up enthusiasm for Indonesia's claim to Dutch New Guinea, has brought the country's economy almost to a standstill with his reckless and illegal seizures of Dutch commercial and agricultural properties. Whether the country's well-organized Communist Party may make a bid for power, or whether it will be effectively countered by the anti-Communist officers of the army, is still in doubt...
...Killian Jr. as the new U.S. missile czar are discovering that Killian is not-and never intended to be -any such thing. Killian sits in on Pentagon briefings and high-level policy discussions, has gathered a staff, settled down to do what Ike asked him to do, i.e., help whip the budget into shape, broaden basic research, improve scientific education. He shies away from issuing orders, saves his advice for the President's ear, has already used this influence to fan in the President a more informed interest in scientific projects. Said a White House aide last week: "Science...