Word: leatherizing
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...quick answers in a three-hour verbal marathon. Belying the stories of his senility, Kenyatta looked at least ten years younger than his admitted 71 years. He wore a fly whisk chained to his wrist with a band of silver, sported a gay red tie and a brand-new leather jacket. As he spoke, the old, grey-flecked spade beard bobbed emphatically: "I shall always be an African nationalist to the end . . . but I have never been a violent man ... I condemned and denounced (Mau Mau) oathing at many public meetings. I strongly disapprove...
...Rome's Via Veneto, the night was gay with lights and pink azaleas in curbside tubs. At a sidewalk cafe, Ivan Kro-scenko, 31. a man in a black leather jacket, sipped espresso and cased the pedestrian traffic with a predatory eye. A bearded giant strode past: Cinemactor Steve ("Hercules") Reeves. "Mr. Universe," sneered Kroscenko softly. "So who cares?" He was after bigger game. "Linda Christian. Ava Gardner, Anita Ekberg. Jayne Mansfield." he rolled the names lovingly across his tongue. "They are important people. They make trouble." Kroscenko rose, slung the strap of his Rolleicord camera over a shoulder...
...President of the U.S. leaned back in his overstuffed leather chair, propped his size-10½ black Oxfords on a footrest, reached out his hand and sent a world globe spinning in its cradle. Then he thumped it to a stop with his finger. leaned forward and squinted. In the week of Laos, John F. Kennedy was thoroughly aware of Khrushchev's battle cry-and he didn't have to hear shells to believe that there...
Silents Please (ABC, 10:30-11 p.m.). A chance to see again the patent-leather locks of Rudolph Valentino, in The Eagle...
...Austrian named Walter Almberger, 28, who worked in an iron mine 1.600 ft. below the earth's surface. For quick energy, the methodical Hiebeler got an Austrian jam factory to devise a special marmalade packed with calories and vitamins. He designed boots armored with three layers of outer leather; he bought special plastic helmets and tough, extra-thin ropes. Keeping their plans a tight secret, the men practiced all winter on rocky, ice-coated walls. A fortnight ago the four slipped out of their hotel before dawn and tackled der Eiger...