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Hammer in hand, Tennessee's Governor Frank Clement stepped up to a microphone in Nashville's War Memorial Square one morning last week, and loosed a brisk spiel about the merits of a 1951 Buick sedan. No man to shun the public eye or ear, youthful (32) Governor Clement-who is considered likely to run against Estes Kefauver for the senatorial nomination next year-was lending his oratorical flair to the auction of 44 state-owned automobiles. Reason: during his campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination last summer, Lawyer Clement had pointed a shaming finger at the well...
...over Augusta, Ga. was clear and blue, the sun was bright, and the wind was brisk and bracing. Azalea and pink dogwood bloomed along the green fairways of the Augusta National Golf Club...
...pushed into the Tower to hear 15-minute lectures on subjects that ranged from "The Common Cold" to "Constipation and Cathartics." Last week more than 1,900, the largest crowd yet, waited out the fire scare, filled up the aisles again after the firemen left, and carried on a brisk, free-wheeling discussion of "Emotional Problems...
...dress rehearsals claim that Heffron was overly nervous opening night, and is really capable of a fine performance. In hope so. But Tom Gaydos, defeating opening night jitters, stole the show as the wily Iago. His performance, although at times uneven, generally flowed from peak to peak, setting a brisk pace for the other actors. This was particularly noticable in his scenes with Roderigo, played, with scant talent, by John Bethel. Gaydos seldom allowed himself the luxury of shouting, and even tried to tone down some of Heffron's more volatile scenes. His Iago was, perhaps, too good a fellow...
...foreign armies will never conquer Russia," he said. "Only a nationalist army of Russians, fighting Communism but not Russia, can ever hope to succeed. The cadre of that army meets in this room every Saturday. One day the world will call us." Meanwhile, the floor-wax business is fairly brisk...