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...group of prominent businessmen last summer thought of a fine birthday present for President Eisenhower: they wanted to fix over a room in his Gettysburg farmhouse and fill it with Pennsylvania Dutch antiques. But when the group presented the idea to Mamie, she promptly vetoed it. The President, said she, already owned "too many things." Why not set up a scholarship in his name...
...South Shields. With only an ancient cat named Dimpy for company, he settled down to a life of solitude punctuated only by occasional memories of the wife he had loved and the son he had lost. Then, one day this month. Fred was called in by a neighbor to fix a broken windowpane. Over the inevitable cup of tea, the lonely man, now 77, told his story. "Why, that's funny." said another neighbor who had dropped in. "I heard almost the same story from a bus conductor right here in town, and his name is Jaques...
...Victorian era hodgepodge of heavy furniture and silk brocade walls and draperies, has refused to have it redecorated since. The only change he permits is the rehanging of his numerous paintings, and he insists on directing this himself, scrambling up stepladders with hammer and hooks in hand to fix the settings, while servants hold the heavy frames and family members hold their breaths, worrying about a fall...
...drops his pants in the act, is a hilarious bit of nonsense that is somehow brought off without dropping the mood of the film at the same time. "Goodness," says mother, as father's pants hang about his knees and the spectators roar, "I must remember to fix those...
Tavenner answered that no agreement has been made in the Inter-House Dance Committee to fix prices. He said that though the Ohio dance netted Leverett a profit of between $200 and $500, the House always took losses on their spring dances which about equalled the fall profit...