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...took only three minutes. At 10:30 a.m., a tiny grey Citroën delivery truck double-parked in front of Clerc's jewelry shop, on the Place du Casino across from Monte Carlo's tourist-draped Hôtel de París. Three men in smocks, mountaineer hoods and submachine guns jumped out; one took station at the door. Inside the store, the smaller hood yanked the telephone wire and smacked an employee while the larger hood snapped a burst of bullets through the window of a display case...
...profit highs were also reached by such varied companies as Du Pont, Motorola, Texaco, Sun Oil, Minnesota Mining, United Air Lines-and those that did not set new marks contented themselves with hefty hikes. B. F. Goodrich raised profits 15.5%, and Reynolds Metals 25%. The nation's second largest railroad, the Pennsylvania, was up more than 500% in the first half, and the third biggest road, the New York Central, turned a $4,400,000 loss into a $10.7 million profit. If the second half continues at the first-half pace-which ran ahead of all estimates...
...Ferris's recital will feature Suite du Premier Ton by Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Sonata 1 by Paul Hindemith, Prelude and Fugue in A Minor by J.S. Bach, Sonata 111, Opus 65 by Mendelssohn, and Concertante for Organ Celests, and Percussion (1963), by Daniel Pinkham. The final number will be conducted by the composer...
Persuasion Trouble. Fellman considers himself a kind of marriage broker. "You have to be a diplomat, banker, mother and pacifist," he says. He has paired Aldon nylon carpets with a Chrysler Corp. M-60 tank (to demonstrate durability). Eastern 727 Whisper-jets and Du Pont fabrics, Muriel cigars and mink coats-and Carol Channing and her boat and bounty. Fellman insists that finding a theme to carry a tie-in is only part of his problem. The real trouble comes in persuading a brace of sponsors to accept an idea, and figuring out how much each should pay for sharing...
Miss Fortson has the actors create their personalities by pantomime peripheral to the main action--usually while the director is talking. This device often produces amusing irony, as when she makes Du Croisy (Charles Siegel), who is a would-be literary lion in the inner play, a shy wooer in real life...