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...Holt enlisted at the outbreak of the war-the only Cabinet Minister, he claims, ever to be promoted to private -but was called back after Menzies became Prime Minister in 1939. First as Labor Minister and later as Treasurer, he became Menzies' most trusted lieutenant-and then his heir apparent...
Bettina Aptheker, Mario Savio's heir-apparent as leader of the anti-administration movement, called Heyns "a liar" for that statement. But in a gesture indicative of Heyn's success in curbing student outbreaks these last two years, Miss Aptheker did nothing but submit a petition protesting his restrictions...
...Primary Heir. Even after that decision, though, Judge Miles and the bankers were still curious. They found that year after year Kruse had carefully preserved all his old correspondence-and in letters dating back to the 1920s they discovered vague references to a mysterious "Eugenia," who turned out to be Sister Ann's illegitimate daughter. As Kruse's niece, Eugenia was clearly his primary heir. But was she alive? And if so, where? Further detective work in ancient adoption records located Eugenia. She was the adopted daughter of a couple who had never revealed her origin; her first...
West Side Manhattan Genovese mob, Carlo ("Don Carlo") Gambino, 64, heir to the late Albert Anastasia's operations, plus ten other bigwigs. The D.A. wanted them to sing before a grand jury on crime in Queens, and a judge set bail at $100,000 each to help clear their throats. No dice. A friendly bondsman put up $1,300,000 for bail, the grand jury got nothing but grunts, and then it was back to La Stella's for that delayed lunch: escarole in brodo, linguini in clam sauce, striped bass, and wine. And just to show...
...note pad. It is some time between midnight and 4 a.m., the hours that James Thompson Prothro Jr. calls his "thinking hours." It could be chess that Tommy Prothro is thinking about: he is a tournament champion. Or bridge: he collects master points. Or business: he is heir to a Memphis real estate fortune, owns two soft-drink bottling plants in Oregon. But right now he is trying to decide whether to counteract a strong-side blitz with a sweep or a Sprint-H. Football is Tommy's favorite hobby-and it also happens to be his profession...