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...World War II, German veterans have been forbidden by the Allies to wear the "ornaments of war." Last week the West German government, which soon expects to raise twelve German divisions for the defense of Western Europe, proposed that the ex-soldiers should shine up their Iron Crosses and pin them on again. But be sure to remove the tiny metal swastikas that decorate all Iron Crosses issued in World War II, said the Bonn government; Nazi emblems are still verboten...
Ohio's Farmer-Author Louis Bromfield", who has written for every medium short of the head of a pin, turned in his latest copy to a calendar company. The bucolic prose: a description for each of twelve color photographs of his Malabar Farm for a 1955 calendar...
...Since we started in 1951 there's been only one application to make rain: The Worcester Farmers' Field Day, Inc. thought it would be nice to demonstrate science over the fair grounds by having a fake storm. But the Board turned down the request. You see, they couldn't pin point it or guarantee that the rain wouldn't spread to places where other people mightn't want...
...Greenleases came another note, enclosing Bobby's Maltese cross school pin as proof that the family was dealing with the real kidnapers. After that, Hall called the family by telephone. He sounded sober, speaking in a low but brisk tone, introducing himself each time as "M." From Kansas City pay stations, he sometimes talked for as long as ten minutes. To find out if her son was still alive, Mrs. Greenlease one night talked to him directly and requested Hall to ask Bobby two questions: What was the name of the Greenlease driver in Europe last summer? What...
...mind, to no avail. On the morning of Sept. 28, gloom hung like a pall in the bar of Le Practic. Even VoVo lay silent, crouched in a corner. Then someone, peering from the window, cried, "Why, there's Marc now!" And down the street, wearing the neat, pin-stripe suit that fitted him so snugly, came Marc. "I've decided to give myself a reprieve," he beamed. "Beefsteak with pepper, please, Madame. Well, it's nice...