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...Chiang Ching-kuo, the generalissimo's son, in Taipei. "In this time of emergency, I have something important to tell you," he wrote, and he asked Chiang Ching-kuo to send a mutual acquaintance, whom he named, to Hong Kong. "Don't let this timely opportunity slip away," he pleaded. Tsao got no answer, wrote another letter urging "there is something very secret to discuss." After two more months of silence, he tried again: "Certain quarters have asked me to convey to you a few words for your careful consideration," he wrote. "I request you again...
...nineteen-year-old college student, single and realistic. I have always considered myself nowise naive of the ways of the world, yet cannot help feeling distressed at this off-hand nourishment given to seeds of infidelity which might otherwise remain dormant. It is all too easy to slip into a pattern of behaviour which, though inherently wrong, has been condoned by "THE modern thinkers." Whether or not the statistics are true, I do not believe that they should be gleefully flouted about as if to say, "Guess what's happening in one out of five marriages! Wise...
Ever since their 21st birthday last year, when each girl got a one-fifth share of their $1,000,000 trust fund, the Dionne sisters have been trying to slip out of the spotlight that has shone on them since birth. They began wearing different clothes and hairdos. Yvonne and Cecile continued training as nurses at a suburban Montreal hospital, Marie returned to a convent and Annette went to study music at Nicolet, Que. But a month ago, the separation became unbearable and the sisters reunited in Montreal...
...costs and prices rise, sales in some lines will slip. With tightening credit, plus the fact that consumers bought so much in 1955, both appliances and autos are in for a rugged buyer's market. With 710,000 cars on hand, dealers' inventories were already the highest in history in December, and some dealers report sales down as much as 40%. Auto production is already being cut, and output will probably drop to 7,000,000 units, 1,000,000 less than in 1954. Says a Portland, Ore. Ford dealer: "We're giving July discounts...
Life with Mother. In Hamburg, Germany, Gerda Thimm, 22, was sentenced to six years in prison for mistreating her husband by 1) dropping acid into his ears while he slept, 2) attempting to slip a razor-blade sliver under his eyelid, 3) putting rat poison...