"Names make news." Last week these names made this news:
With his wife, two governesses, three military aides and six children, grizzled General Jorge Martinez, commander-in-chief of the Colombian Army, arrived in Manhattan. He set out to see some friends, was stopped by an elevator strike. He started to go shopping, was drenched in a downpour. He went to the theatre, lost two of his offspring. Sputtering General Martinez ordered nine rooms on a transatlantic liner, sailed for Europe in disgust.
By ratifying a "family settlement," a Baltimore court finally ended the lengthy squabble over the $28,000,000 Camel cigaret estate of Zachary Smith...
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