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...1930s, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers made the singing cowboy a national hero. With the mobilization of the entire population in World War II, regional music styles began to meld. A languorous hybrid known as country-and-western was born, in which the still simple music of the Southeast was blended with the more sophisticated instrumentation (steel guitar, drums, even horns) of the Far West. This wedding of styles produced, among others, Merle Travis, Webb Pierce and the late Hank Williams. The rise of rock 'n' roll (notably Elvis Presley, who began his career singing country-and-western...
Curucu, Beast of the Amazon [1956]. Chances are that nobody has ever heard of this movie or would ever want to see it. The best alternative at this hour, unfortunately, is The Tonight Show with Roy Clark and Phyllis Newman. Ch. 5, 11:30 p.m. Color, 1 1/2 hours...
...matter how it was handled, the announcement would have been anticlimactic. It had been common knowledge for almost a month that Simon would succeed George Shultz as Treasury Secretary-and the announcement by no means decides Simon's backstage battle with Budget Director Roy Ash for pre-eminence in economic policymaking. As the new Treasury chief (Senate confirmation seems certain), Simon may eventually wield more influence than any other economic official. But Ash has secured a promise from Nixon of an expanded role in policy formation...
Last week President Marcos, 56, discussed these and other issues in a three-hour interview at Malacanang Palace in Manila with TIME Hong Kong Bureau Chief Roy Rowan. Cabled Rowan: "The small, sinewy President is possibly the most athletic chief of state in the world-a below-par golfer, water skier, pelota player and former wrestler and boxer-and he looked ready for 15 rounds. 'Never make a big decision when you're angry, hungry or happy,' he declared at the outset of our interview. So it was with extreme deliberation that he deftly explained the moves...
Like characters in a novel by Allen (Advise and Consent) Drury, two of the Nixon Administration's most powerful figures are grabbing for the sweeping economic policymaking authority once wielded by departing Treasury Secretary George Shultz. The contenders are Roy Ash, 55, once president of Litton Industries, now director of the Office of Management and Budget, and William E. Simon, 46, a former Wall Street bond trader, now federal energy czar. Simon is on the verge of winning an early round: President Nixon this week is expected to name him to succeed Shultz at Treasury, a job that apparently...