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Divorced. Randolph Adolphus ("Randy") Turpin, 25, Britain's contender for the world middleweight championship; by Mary Theresa Turpin, 26; after six years of marriage, one son; in Leamington, England...
Attacking Stevenson directly, McCarthy cited Rear Admiral Adolphus Staton (USN ret.) concerning a conference the admiral had with Stevenson during World War II at a time when the Democratic candidate "had been assigned the task of enforcing the . . . law which ordered the removal of Communists from the radio aboard our ships." Staton's statement as quoted by McCarthy: "Stevenson said that he could not see that we had anything at all against them and stated that we should not be hard on the Communists...
Both Germans and hyphenated Americans developed the Museum. It was the dream of Kuno Franke, Professor of German History. Its first pieces were gifts of Kaiser Wilhelm, while Adolphus Busch, the St. Louis malt-and-hops king, and his son-in-law, Hugo Reisinger endowed the building itself...
...Biltmore is the biggest hotel west of Chicago, but it won't be for long. Corrigan is now completing a 695-room addition to his Adolphus Hotel in Dallas which will make it the biggest (1,500 rooms) completely air-conditioned hotel in the world. Says Corrigan, who is dickering for several more hotels and shopping centers: "I've got to expand or I'm not happy...
...Hotel Adolphus showrooms and on the display racks of busy shops along Commerce and Poydras Streets, 859 manufacturers showed off their styles, designed with the splash and color which have made Texas clothes a big-selling favorite of 20,000 retail stores in 3,500 cities and towns all over the U.S. To service these far-flung outlets, Dallas manufacturers have taken to air freight; last year Texas' own Slick Airways flew out 349,000 pounds of Dallas fashions, which have even invaded Manhattan...