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Stowe now has its slopes open for skiing, along with the rest of Vermont and New Hampshire. Cranmore (N.H.) reports 6 to 10 inches of base, with 2 inches of new powder. Skiing on the upper trails is good, lower fair to good...
...there have been as many as 1,5000 Communists teaching in schools and colleges," McCarran stated. "Though this number may not seem large in comparison with the million teachers employed in the schools, the nature of Communist Party operations makes them as dangerous as a lighted match in a powder magazine...
Powers of Darkness. In Raleigh, N.C., just before two married couples went on trial for drunkenness and assaulting a cop, a friend of theirs went through the courtroom sprinkling yellowish "conjure powder" around the judge's chair and along the jury box, later rejoiced over a hung jury...
...haze and smoke from forest fires hung in the air. In Idaho, Apaches flown up from the Southwest to fight fires vainly staged a rain dance (too far from home, said the braves, to do any good), and went home again. East and West, farmers scuffed at the powder-dry earth and reported winter wheat in danger. The months-old drought grew so bad that Dallas was almost without drinking water, and citizens were discouraged from taking baths...
Chicago's Clinton Specialty Works has a toy electric vacuum cleaner that gathers dust ($12.95). One doll has hair that "grows" by means of a winding device hidden in the head; another, "Joan Pa-looka" from the comic strip, is permanently scented, comes with baby powder and soap ($7). A new method of rooting hair in the scalp makes many dolls safe against countless hair-brushings and curl ings - until brother comes along with his toy barber...