Monday, Dec. 09, 1957
P:Who decided to withhold the real nature of the President's illness from the public for hours after the diagnosis, and why was that decision made? See NATIONAL AFFAIRS, Occlusion.
P:Where can you eat in the middle of an American highway? See BUSINESS, Pie in the Sky.
P:Within hours after Ike was stricken, a group of men gathered around an oaken table in the White House to make the decisions that had to be made. Who were they? What did they do? See NATIONAL AFFAIRS, cover story.
P:Putting torches to Cuban cane fields and tossing bombs in Havana, a romantic rebel band, backed by many of the country's most conservative professional men, fights Dictator Fulgencio Batista. After a year, the battle is still no better than a stalemate. For reasons, see HEMISPHERE'S The First Year of Rebellion.
P:What happened when a Lutheran U.S. Senator got a little remembrance from Pope Pius XII? See PEOPLE.
P:Many books no longer sit on shelves, waiting to be read. Nowadays, books --as well as plays and poems--speak out loud. For a survey of the latest of this sort, see BOOKS, The Spoken Word.
P:Who first brought up the constitutional question of the "disability" of a U.S. President? And why hasn't this important problem yet been solved? See NATIONAL AFFAIRS, 170-Year-Old Riddle.
P:Can an old dog teach a new boy tricks? See TV & RADIO, Lassie Stays Home.
P:A movie that might have been cheered as a minor masterpiece 20 years ago now leaves the spectator slightly confused. What currently unfashionable devil makes the difference? See CINEMA, Paths of Glory.
P:Can neutralist India achieve her ambition to become one of Asia's industrial titans, and why should the U.S. care? See FOREIGN NEWS, The Flabby Giant.
P:Businessmen complain that while sales may be going up. profit margins are going down. But are overall profits for U.S. industry really dropping? See BUSINESS, The Profit Squeeze.
P:Whom did Philip Morris call for? See BUSINESS, Changes of the Week.
P:Who resembles a bass saxophone wrapped in a lace nightie? See Music, The New Canaries.
P:Why should Moroccans want a barren little enclave named Ifni, and why should the Spanish want to hang on to it? The answer is a three-letter word. See FOREIGN NEWS, The Door to the Sahara.
P:One of the most valued new properties in show business says modestly: "I'm not good-looking, or experienced, or what you'd call a 'build.' Why has it all happened to me?" For some of the reasons, see THEATER, Look Homeward, Angel.
P:What man wore a robe to a Nieman-Marcus fashion show? See NATIONAL AFFAIRS, To a King's Taste.
P:Joe Schmidt of Detroit's football Lions stands only 6 ft. and weighs only 214, is a terror on the four-three defense and can red-dog real nice, but there is one thing he doesn't do. What is it? See SPORT, Man Against the Poppers.
P:How poignantly succinct can a suicide note be? See MISCELLANY.
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