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...playing only one record all day, Perry Como's Just Born. In picking a new name for his "general market" station, Tannen combed the dictionary before deciding that WEEP held all sorts of possibilities: "A surefire slogan: 'WEEP for joy.' I can call myself the WEEP veep; we'll have a traveling car called the WEEP jeep; and, my God, think of what we can say when we sign off: 'And now, for the next twelve hours you won't hear a peep out of WEEP...
Presumably, all was matey, once again between Indonesia's strong-willed President Sukarno and his disenchanted "Veep," Mohammed Hatta. They had been urged back together at an unusual assemblage of 150 top Indonesian leaders-including rebel colonels from the hill-all worried by the political disintegration of their country (TIME, Sept. 23). Basking in the joys of reconciliation, Hatta and Sukarno flew off together to "Indonesia's Arlington Cemetery" in Djokjakarta to purge their souls of rancor at the grave of General Sudirman, military hero of the revolt against the Dutch. For the first time since his resignation...
...Catholics and the prospects of combination of them to "help muffle the issue"? The issue in 1952 was Korea and the Dems' sad handling of that situation. If "softness toward Communism" can be construed to mean softheadedness toward Korea, your speculation on the chances of a Roman Catholic Veep helping the Dems win in '56 could be justified only if Father Rigney were a candidate. With Red Chinese ranging in Burma, hardy Tibetans battling Mao's tanks with muskets, and a powder-keg "peace" in Korea, I doubt if even a Catholic nudist with the stature...
...Reader Stewart keep his credits straight. The "speculation on the chances of a Roman Catholic Veep," reported by TIME, is the work of Democratic politicos...
...Philco Corp., the same job his father held from 1929-39. After attending the University of Pennsylvania ('32-'34) Skinner went into Philco as a factory expeditor, rose to sales manager for accessories, headed the Philco radio-radarelectronics school during World War II, then became sales veep for refrigerators. He succeeds James H. Carmine, who is retiring...