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Every day, hundreds of refugees slip into West Germany illegally from the East, and officials take no notice of them. But the scene at Besenhausen was part of a bungled attempt to admit D.P.s to the West in an orderly way. "Operation Link" was what the British called their part of an Allied agreement to take from Poland 25,000 Germans who had relatives in West Germany. The names of those D.P.s approved by the Western powers had been duly listed, but thousands of others, not on the lists, had got exit permits or entry papers (Zuzugsgenehmigungen) from Polish...
...before a justice of the peace in 1948, but there were at least two invalidating circumstances: i) the marriage was never consummated; 2) Alfredo Musni was holding a gun at his back at the time. After the ceremony, Father Coronel said, he returned to his parish, finally managed to slip away from the ever-watchful Musnis and escape 600 miles away to Zamboanga. Last fall, after church authorities had declared the marriage void, Father Coronel returned to Manila. He filed a suit asking for a civil annulment and financial redress from the Musnis. He was met by the Musnis...
Lowell just doesn't have it this year. The whole first team of last year's title squad is gone. The present group pushes its offensive game, often letting the defense slip, and suffers from a lack of height. Red Barry and Archie Southgate are over-eager and inclined to outside shooting. The offense hinges on playmaker Al Turvitz, pivot-man Paul Korpeter, and Chris May, who sparkles under the basket...
...sign-out desk will be placed at the foot of the library staircase, where a date due slip will be given each girl taking books from the library. The library staff will cover the front desk from 8:45 a.m. until...
...Hell's Kitchen," Duffy, a son of Irish immigrants, virtually grew up with the agency he now runs. After quitting high school at 17, he got a messenger boy's job with newly formed Barton, Durstine & Osborn.† Duffy liked to come in early to slip into the president's chair to see how it felt. After two years of errand-running, he became a space buyer, soon earned a reputation as a digger for facts and became the agency's top media man. When President Barton decided to step up as chairman four years...