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Venice on the East River. "Today's rooms," says Mrs. H.J. Heinz II, wife of the 57-varieties man, "are either so slickly modern that one becomes Mrs. Plastic or so ornate that one is Madame Ormolulu. I prefer to have something that will last." To restyle part of their eleven-room triplex co-op on the East River at 5 2nd Street, the Heinzes brought in Jansen Inc., international decorators. Drue Heinz used mostly classic French furniture but aimed at a Venetian effect. The high ceiling had been strung with beams. They were ripped out. and the walls...
...Death? The suburb of Bab-el-Oued, where fighting had first broken out between S.A.O. terrorists and French troops, was sealed tight for six days by a cordon of 10,000 soldiers. House-to-house searches turned up 1,000 weapons as well as stocks of ammunition, grenades and plastic bombs. Over 3,000 suspects were arrested, but the army admitted that top S.A.O. leaders had escaped the dragnet...
...signing of the ceasefire with relief but without much show of emotion. In two Red Paris suburbs, the news was received with the popping of firecrackers, but that was about the only demonstration. Even the Secret Army terrorists seemed dispirited: the week in Paris was marred by only two plastic bomb explosions...
...Angeles' $18 million Dodger Stadium is a shrine of success: since they moved to Los Angeles and its 95,000-seat Coliseum in 1958, the onetime Brooklyn Bums have smashed every attendance record in the National League. A seven-level pleasure dome of concrete, steel, aluminum, glass, plastic and brick, their new stadium is situated in Chavez Ravine, just five minutes from downtown Los Angeles, holds only 56,000 fans. But canny Dodger President Walter O'Malley expects no decline in revenues. Ticket prices range from $1.50 for a one-day unreserved ticket to $400 for a season...
...years, I have been squawking about that cotton sheet stretched over rubber or plastic. It is responsible for more discomfort, sleepless nights, and barbiturates administered than any other single factor...