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...East Correspondent Louis Kraar cabled an analysis of the political repercussions in the Cambodian capital. South Viet Nam Correspondent Jim Willwerth described the military situation from his side of the line. In Saigon, Bob Anson pieced together a narrative of the events that led to the historic commitment. Burt Pines was already trailing Vietnamese armored units in his TIME & LIFE Jeep. As troops rolled into Prasaut, 20 miles across the border, Pines breakfasted with III Corps Commander Lieut. General Do Cao Tri, who invited him along for a helicopter inspection of the battlefield...
...shelter for needy friends and strangers alike. Dan joined the Jesuits, Phil the Josephites, an order that works mainly in ghetto areas. Both priests deeply distrust private property because of the greed that it provokes in humanity. Phil, the polemicist, is gregarious and outgoing-a tall, brawny, bear-hugging Burt Lancaster of a man, given to warm laughter amid healthy belts of rye. Dan, the poet, is slighter-a cross between Charles Aznavour and Steve McQueen. In conversation, his eyes often seem to rest on some invisible distant mountain. Yet he, too, exudes wide good humor underlying the melancholy...
...kaleidoscopic plot, adapted from Arthur Hailey's bestselling novel, is absurdly complex, and the cast of a dozen stars scurries about to service it. Burt Lancaster lumbers about as Mel Bakersfield, manager of an unnamed metropolitan airport who is faced with the usual night of danger, laughter, suspense and heartbreak. Burt's main problem of the moment is the jetliner stuck in the snow out there on No. 29 runway. As if that were not enough, another flight just has to land on that runway. Seems there is a mad bomber (Van Heflin) on board, who is threatening...
...American College Dictionary (since the accent is on youth) defines obscene as: "offensive to modesty and decency," which is how Mr. James Aubrey characterizes the love scenes between Burt Lancaster and myself [Feb. 9], in an obvious reference to The Gypsy Moths, an MGM film that predates his assumption of supreme power in Culver City...
...stars must face up to other adjustments, too, with the industry's new orientation toward youth. "The older stars are going to have to play older roles if they want to work with us," says MGM President James Aubrey. "We can't make a picture with I Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr groping with each other any more. That's obscene. It's like watching a couple of grandparents pawing each other." That even goes for Liz Taylor...