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...brisk October morning last year, in a parking lot at North Arlington, N. J., a policeman, mildly curious, wakened a pimply youth of 18 asleep at the wheel of a large sedan. The boy yawned, told the inquisitive policeman to look in the car's trunk. The good cop did so and shuddered. Wedged in the trunk was the mangled body of Dr. James G. Littlefield, 63, stuffed in the rear seat the body of his wife. The boy, Paul Dwyer of South Paris, Me., then told a strange and horrible story: that he had killed the old doctor...
...story begins in the 80s, when the death of her widowed father, a Chicago cop, leaves her an orphan. May knows how to take care of herself. ("Off with you," she tells the oglers, "or I'll knock the Holy Jesus out of you.") At the same time, "deep down May was an aristocrat, a lady." She proves it by marrying handsome, good-for-nothing Mike Flavin, who takes her to Manhattan, buys a newsstand, leaves her to carry on while he drinks, chases women, finally stabs a man over a "maniac beauty" and skips for good. And although...
...about--marks, athletics, money, and evasions. And things they didn't---applause that pleaded for more at the Old Howard, the overdue library book, the one waitress who brought boiled eggs that tasted homey, the girl picked up unexpectedly at the House dance, the unfortunate encounter with the Yard Cop...
...York's Daily Worker, central organ of the Communist Party, U. S. A. Its most galling volleys are reserved for its rival gang, Leon Trotsky and his followers. So bitter has this battle become that unwritten codes have been forgotten: the other gang finally called a cop. The Daily Worker is now being sued for a total of $745,000 in damages for libel...
...House teams swing into the final round of intramural athletics today after a week's layoff for Divisionals, the Deacons seem to have things fairly well in hand, with the tennis championship cinched, the baseball crown practically so, and a 50-50 chance to cop the soft ball title. In golf Kirkland is in a triple tie for second...