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...made. From Paris, there is an eyewitness recording of Marie Antoinette's composure on her way to the guillotine: "She seemed content to walk toward the moment which should deliver her from her innumerable sufferings." George Washington's obituary supplies the clinical details-"died in his 67th year from inflammation of the throat after 23 hours of illness"-together with a curious compliment: "As long as he was President of the United States, he never gave any of his relatives important offices...
Last week, at the N.A.M.'s 67th annual meeting in Manhattan, "Gully" Gullander made his first public appearance since he took on the presidency of the association a month ago. Like previous N.A.M. presidents, he called for: 1) tax reforms, 2) less federal spending, 3) curbs on labor's "monopoly power." But he also indicated that "his specialty would not be making public statements. "I'm just one of a bunch of guys running the N.A.M.," said he. "My job, basically, will be to mind the store...
Veteran Sen. Lister Hill (D.-Ala.) and Sen. Ernest Gruening (D.-Alaska) finally won the 67th and 68th seats late yesterday morning. In Alabama, Hill fought Republican James D. Martin right to the wire, and most political observers are amazed by the smallness the long-time Senator's margin of victory...
Gary, Ind., Retired Steelworker Joie Ray, who tied the world indoor mile record in 1925, later became an Olympic marathon runner and a marathon dancer ("You can't keep the wolf from the door with medals"), last week celebrated his 67th birthday in his usual fashion. Donning shorts and spikes, Chesty Joie ran a mile in 7:04.8-still within hailing distance of his 1925 standard...
...whether one of Yale's better-known alumni, Composer Cole Porter ('13), deserves an honorary degree, despite the fact that his accomplishments are more acoustic than academic. University officials stayed silent on the subject last week, but word leaked out that Porter, on the eve of his 67th birthday next month, will get an honorary degree (best guess: Doctor of Music) at his apartment in Manhattan's Waldorf Towers. Reason for the honor in absentia: Tunesmith Porter, injured badly in a 1937 spill from a horse, had his right leg amputated two years ago, is too frail...