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Schecter had his share of roughing it-on the ground, and in the air flying with Borneo Airways "over endless jungles in the worst storms in 30 years." But upcountry among the Ibans (or Sea Dyaks), whose life is simple, tedious and poor, he was greeted with a traditional welcoming ceremony called the bedara, offered a wine to appease the spirits he brought with him, and a brass bracelet to signify friendship. Schecter cabled home: "I suppose it's work, but camping in a longhouse with bare-breasted girls who gently tip cups of sweet rice wine to your...
...with a screen smaller than a postcard (4½ in. by 3½ in.). Made by Japan's Sony, Micro-TV produces a snapshot-clear picture, weighs only 8 Ibs., and can operate on house current, a rechargeable battery pack, or-in states where the law allows it-on the juice from an auto cigarette lighter socket. One of Micro-TV's neatest features is its view-ability at less than arm's length on office desk or bedside table; there are also auxiliary earphones for private listening. Price: $229.95, plus $39.95 for battery pack...
...criticized what it termed the "abuses of organized labor's power," went on to defend right-to-work laws, and quoted more than a dozen economists to back its case. Hopping mad, union leaders first wanted to withdraw their funds from National City, then decided to let George do it-on banker's hours. Said Meany, before tweaking the bank for everything from monopoly to Communism: "A most unscholarly collection of myths and half-truths about the American labor movement...
Despite Mortimer's insistence on the revenge motive, Fellow Columnist Winchell, who also knows a gangster or two, pooh-poohed the claim: "Underworlders can't believe 'any of the Mob' did it-on the grounds that beating up newspapermen 'is hard luck...
After weighing the German offer for 48 hours the Farm Board rejected it-on the ground the price was too low. Germany had offered to take the 600,000 bales in return for a three-year credit of about $30,000,000 at 4½%. The price was to be a monthly average of the New York, Liverpool and Bremen Cotton Exchanges' cash quotation. The Farm Board had taken its cotton at about 16? per Ib. or less, leaving the Farm Board about $30,000,000 in the red on the deal...