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Eleven in One Bag. Huggins, a determined man, resists both Negrophobes and Negrophiles. He is hewing straight down the middle, sticking to the trusty evolutionary maxim of famed Empire Builder Cecil Rhodes: "Equal rights for every civilized man . . ." The undeveloped African, said Huggins last week, "is very inflammable material." He cited the activities of the Rev. Michael Scott, the Anglican divine who has become one of the black men's busiest spokesmen in Africa and before the U.N. "The Reverend Scott," said Huggins bitterly, "recently visited Nyasaland on a 'peaceful mission.' Disturbances among the Negroes followed...
...reason for the sale was that both Chrysler and Packard had been looking around for a new body builder. They had not been satisfied with Briggs's workmanship and were concerned over its labor troubles, which repeatedly interrupted production. Chrysler, which hopes to improve production and labor relations and cut costs, also offered to continue making Packard bodies. Packard will stay temporarily, but will probably build its own body plant because it does not want to reveal its new models or styling changes in advance to a competitor...
Many a novelist has tried to be another Hemingway. A 38-year-old ex-newspaperman has long held this distinction without trying: Leicester Hemingway is Ernest Hemingway's younger brother. A commercial fisherman and builder of boats, he looks like Ernest and, like Ernest, has gone to war and written about...
...Ohio State and now head football coach at the University of Minnesota, as a famous exponent of The Little Engine That Could [Oct. 5]. Wes is one coach who honestly believes that character-building is as important as winning football games . . . The Little Engine is his favorite morale builder, and thousands of people have heard him relate the story...
...long last, this week the Air Force released pictures and a brief description of its F-100 "air superiority fighter," which has been the subject of well-informed gossip for more than a year. Named the Super-Sabre by its builder, North American Aviation Inc., it is described as "the U.S. Air Force's first operational jet fighter to exceed the speed of sound in level flight." This cautious wording is intended to head off protests from North American's competitors, especially Douglas Aircraft Co., whose F4D (built for the Navy, not the Air Force) is claimed...