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Other friendships were more intimate. Well into her 40s, Edith met Morton Fullerton, an American journalist in Paris, who finally unlocked her sexual passion. Fullerton, who seems to have been irresistible to both sexes, later hinted that he taught a very willing partner his many tricks. Edith was never again shy about sex. In her old age she even tried her hand at writing pornography in a never published story of father-daughter incest entitled Beatrice Palmato...
...stockbroker, Morton Leventhal, 38, uses the telephone to track down clients and commissions. When he is on vacation, he turns to an electronic metal detector and searches for another kind of treasure: ancient coins and other artifacts. Last month, as he neared the end of a visit with his married sister at the kibbutz Tirat Tzvi, south of the Sea of Galilee in Israel, the amateur archaeologist and numismatist had little to show for his efforts. With the help of his $160 metal detector, he had uncovered many sardine cans, bottle caps and shell casings, but no coins...
...civil suit, or his testimony is wanted or his lawyers are seeking to protect his tapes and documents. Nixon was grilled by Special Prosecutor Henry Ruth in the presence of grand jurors in June. The most serious suits against him and members of his Administration are the claims by Morton Halperin and Anthony Lake, both former members of the National Security Council, that their privacy was invaded when their telephones were tapped in 1969-71. Nixon may also be subpoenaed to testify at the tax-fraud trial of Frank DeMarco and Ralph Newman, who helped document Nixon...
Congress's failure to legislate any tough energy program puts the burden on the Ford Administration, which has already doubled its tariff on imported oil, to $2 per bbl. But an argument broke out within the Administration over that scheme. Commerce Secretary Rogers C.B. Morton, who has a habit of dropping bombshells at breakfasts with reporters, let go another last week. Shortly after the orange juice, he confided that he might recommend scaling down or scrapping the tariff boost if OPEC does in fact raise prices. Morton's comment was repudiated immediately by Federal Energy Administrator Frank Zarb...
...Madeleine Morton, owner of the best restaurant in Saigon, the Guillaume Tell, greeted her customers. "I am trying to go to Bridgeport, Con-nec-ticut," she announced. At 12:20 two black buses finally arrived and were quickly filled...