Bond Model Famed British Spymaster Chief Succumbs
Maj. Gen. Sir Stewart Menzies, longtime head of Britain's MI6 and a probable model for the James Bond character M, died at 78. He led MI6 from 1939 to 1951 and mentored future figures including Jan Fleming, while overseeing wartime espionage during Kim Philby's era and events surrounding Burgess and Maclean.
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London
UPS
Stewart’ Menzies
Britain
James Bond
Menzies
MAG
Jan Fleming
Fleming
Harold
Kim) Philby
Kremlin
Moscow
Donald Maclean
United States
Guy Burgess
M.L.6
Gunn Makes Smith & Wesson Press Talk In Springfield
William Gunn, press al dent of Smith and Wesson Inc, firearm manufacturers, is active in promoting the company’s work in Springfield. The report notes Gunn’s role in public relations and discusses the firm’s gun production efforts.
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Springfield, Mass
William Gunn
Press
Smith & Wesson, Inc
H Manufacturers of Firearms
Mexico City to Host Word and Image Poster Exhibition
The first comprehensive U S exhibition of Olympic posters after the games closes at the Museum of Modern Art on June 9. It draws from HemisFair’s Theme Gallery and MoMA’s collection, spanning 1879 to the present with Bauhaus, Cassandre, Beardsley, and Warhol among featured designers. A separate section covers posters by Picasso, Chagall, Leger, and Lichtenstein.
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Mexico City
Hensive Historical Survey
Museum of Modern Art
HemisFair
Vntaj
Gener
Museum
Beardsley
Mackintosh
Bonnard
Toulouse-Lautrec
Guimard
Mucha
Bauhaus
Dé Stijt
Netherlands
Cassandre
Trayler
Peter Max
Victor Moscaso
Mira
Picasso
Leger
Chagall
Braque
Andy Warhol
Frank Stella
Roy Lichenstein
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al Ransom
Gunn
Mexico
F.h.la
Ferry Knippa
Permad Ward
Aft Ek
Texas Savings
North ST. Mary's
Pecan
Jantzen
Kalz Shoes
N. McCullough
Joske's of
Texas
Wolff and Marx
Swank
Men's Furnishings
Joske's
North Star Mall
RAJAH
Oxford Shop
Deske
Jesse
North Stey Mall
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