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...bodyguards, stepped off the liner Queen Mary in Manhattan, where Vishinsky will soon take up his cudgel again as chief Soviet delegate to the U.N. At first, Vishinsky claimed that he had no arrival speech prepared. But when newsmen cajoled him, he beamed and shyly drew out a little slip of paper. Sample: "I should like to express my hope that the American press, radio and other organizations will support the efforts of all honest men in their struggle for peace, international security and friendship." Growled the New York Daily News: "When Vishy smiles, watch out . . . A tipoff that...
...Slip. In Atlantic City, N.J., Mrs. Mary Clark, 39, pleading guilty to a charge of drunkenness, explained that she followed her dentist's advice and gargled with whisky to deaden the pain, "but some must have spilled down my throat...
...hospital at Warracknabeal, 180 miles from Melbourne in Australia's rich wheatland, nurses kept an extra-sharp eye on Patient John Clancy, lest he sneak out for a bit of pub-crawling with his cronies. White-bearded Farmer Clancy had already given them the slip once, and they wanted him to stay put until the wound from his operation was fully healed. It was only an appendectomy, but what made the case ususual was Clancy's age: 100. So far as the records showed, he was the oldest appendectomy patient in history. Last week...
BEEF PRICES may slip if drought continues on the Western plains. American National Cattlemen's Association says that dry pastures and short hay crops are forcing ranchers to rush herds to market, predicts that 7,000,000 cattle will be slaughtered this year...
Despite a slip in retail sales, which dropped 3% from last year's levels in the first four months, there were plenty of signs around the U.S. last week that the economy was still climbing out of the recession valley. Items: ¶ Industrial production in May climbed two points to 125% of the 1947-49 average for the nation's mines and factories, the first increase in ten months. Steel production edged up to 73% of capacity...