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World Citizen Garry Davis, 28, who tore up his U.S. passport in 1948, seemed to have postponed his search for "oblivion." Back in his native land on a French immigrant's visa, Garry married brunette Audrey Peters, 21, an ex-Hollywood dancer whom he had courted by mail. They met for the first time after he landed from the America three weeks ago. First, Garry and Audrey said their vows in the city hall plaza at Ellsworth, Me., while 500 townspeople joined in chanting a "unification of love" service which Garry had written, printed and passed around. Asked about...
...says: "I began to fight. They had me under an oxygen tent. I tore it apart and picked up a pitcher. I heaved it at the radio and scored a direct hit. The radio flew apart and Winchell's voice stopped. Then I got well." Sixteen months later, at the request of his old friend General "Hap" Arnold, he went off on an inspection tour of World War II air bases in the Pacific, and found himself face to face with death once more...
Some patients tore and scratched at their rescuers; others tried to run toward the heart of the fire; some simply stood still, rocking with laughter, until they were dragged to safety. But nine men patients were out of reach. They died of asphyxiation from the smoke. A tenth died later in a hospital. Five of the victims, their bodies bruised and torn by their terrified efforts to break free, were found strapped to iron posts in a single 15-by-30-ft. room...
...Collectors by Land. On trips through open country they were stopped by Arab bands, and forced to give a head tax. One time Felix almost gave his head, when a mounted Arab ran full tilt at him and "tore my cap off" with his lance. If it wasn't the Moslems it was their bats, which were reputed to bite off the noses of strangers and fly away with them. "Men who have long noses," Felix concluded soberly, "are in greater danger than others...
...trained Red street fighters, the rioters maneuvered smoothly and swiftly to whistled signals. They burned the marketplace, tore down U.S. and French flags. From the hills around Saigon, Ho Chi Minh's guerrillas opened up on the destroyers with heavy mortar and machine-gun fire. The ships' crews were called to battle stations, but did not return the fire. Neither vessel was hit. A detachment of French troops finally dispersed the rioters. The casualty total: three dead,30 injured...