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...states. In the northwest prairie state of Punjab, Tara Singh, 71, the white-bearded leader of India's 6,000,000 Sikhs, abandoned his fight for a state of Sikhistan, and ordered his 36-year-old Akali Party of bearded, sword-wearing zealots to join the Congress Party. Henceforth, said Masterji Singh, Akali will stick to religious, economic and cultural matters only. His admonition to his Sikhs, traditionally the great warriors of India: "Girdle your loins. Buckle your sword-hilted belts. Shave no more. Visit our temples regularly, and be virile Sikhs again...
Breaking a long-standing policy, Dean Elder announced that married students will henceforth be eligible to earn $2,500 through scholarships and Teaching Fellowships--$300 more than single...
...chosen from 7 finalists after two hours of closely-closeted conferences between Myra Hansen, Miss United States, and seven editors. Commenting on Radcliffe semi-finalists, Miss Hansen stated "I've never seen so many beautiful college girls together at one time, and almost every one of them was wholesome." Henceforth a new requirement--"wholesomeness"--was added to the contest, previously based solely on "face and figure...
...international Stalin Prizes "for strengthening peace among nations" ($25,000 and a gold medal) will henceforth be called "Lenin Prizes for Strengthening International Friendship." Even previous Stalin Prizewinners (e.g., U.S. Novelist Howard Fast, 1953; Italian Left Wing Socialist Pietro Nenni, 1951) will receive certificates renaming their awards...
Regional Readings. Came the weekend, and so, too, came Estes Kefauver, fresh from a triumphant homecoming in Madisonville, Tenn. (where he expressed his homespun concern that "bigness is encroaching on Main Street"). The Keef's arrival in Libertyville prompted a new decree by Jim Finnegan: henceforth, Estes will be welded to Adlai with a hyphen, thereby assuring the proper identity of the Stevenson-Kefauver "team." This week teammates and staff climbed aboard a chartered DC-7, headed out on a week-long trip. Purpose: 1) to take regional readings from politicos in the Southwest, Northwest, Middle West...