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...Helsinki last week, Soviet Ambassador Grigory Savenenkov entertained the Finnish cabinet at a showing of a Russian movie suggestively entitled Song of Siberia. That was merely one move in the week's kid-glove test of strength...
...result: nearly 40% of the workers struck, but over 60% did not. Paasikivi patched things up by appointing Communist-Liner Eino Kilpi as Interior Minister, and Finland's No. 1 woman Red, Hertta Kuusi-nen, as Minister without Portfolio. The Reds called off their half-successful strike; the kid'gloves were still...
Actress Cornelia Otis Skinner, on Topic A: "Most women are frustrated in their love lives, so they throw all their energies into women's clubs . . . Let's not kid ourselves, girls. It isn't much fun trying to get along without...
...Gorcey, side-of-the-mouth "Dead End Kid" of stage & screen, had gat trouble with his estranged wife Evalene. One dark night at home in suburban Los Angeles, he heard people coming in without asking, so he grabbed his rod quick and blazed away. It was just Evalene and a couple of detectives having a little peek. Nobody got hit, but Leo got arrested on a gun charge and faced trial this week...
...last year, Bunk wrote a letter about Roy Fisher for a contest sponsored by the Quiz Kids to pick "The Best Teacher of 1947." When the judges picked Mr. Fisher for only a third prize ($500), Bunk was hopping mad. This year he put up an argument with another letter: "I don't think Mr. Fisher is second to any teacher. I think he's the best. I feel pounds lighter when I enter his door." Last week, a Quiz-Kid committee of college professors admitted that Bunk was right by naming Roy Fisher "The Best Teacher...