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...when the Washington housing situation was broom-closet tight, Texas' loud-mouthed Senator W. Lee ("Pappy") O'Daniel bought the four-story apartment building at 115 2nd St., N.E. for $52,500, and started eviction proceedings against the 14 families who occupied it. He needed all 40 rooms for his family, he claimed. "We're not used to being fenced in down in Texas," Pappy explained without blushing. "Besides, we want some place to put a cookstove." The 14 families had to leave...
Disk jockeys at Eliot House will have a new place to spin platters when workmen get through current alterations financed from the University grant of $6000 for House improvements. A record storage room is being created out of a closet in the rear of the Library, while nearby a sound proofed room will provide sufficient quiet for disk enthusiasts...
...inside the snake house at the San Diego zoo, Photographer Herman V. Wall found that getting out of the way fast at the sound of the rattlesnake's rattle became second nature. Later, while unloading his film holder, Wall learned that the sliding door of the closet in his hotel room gave the same ominous warning. When his assistant opened it unexpectedly, Wall "jumped six feet...
...cloth on the table and flowers in the window, and the baby thrashed around happily in a clean pink woolen suit. There was an electric cooker-"The food from the kitchens has become a great deal worse recently," the mother said-and the clothes were hung neatly in the closet...
...Crimson will unlock its doors (and beer closet) next Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock for all interested in entering summer competitions for the news and business boards...