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Died. Clare E. Hoffman, 92, long-time (1935-63) Republican Congressman from Michigan; of pneumonia; in Allegan, Mich. Hoffman generated so much bile over F.D.R., the New Deal, organized labor, and U.S. internationalism that even fellow Republicans were uneasy in his terrible-tongued presence, and Massachusetts' Democrat John McCormack was once moved to remark: ''I hold all my colleagues in highest esteem. I hold the gentleman from Michigan in my minimum-highest esteem...
Pretty Edith, mother of three, continued to meet Jules in Detroit and Chicago, and when he suggested they spend Memorial Day weekend together at a house party, she was willing. After a wild, 200-mile drive across Michigan, Dr. Small caught up with them at a beach cottage near Allegan. Jules was playing cards with two other men when Dr. Small entered the house. "Which one is Lack?" asked the dentist. "I'm Lack," said Big Jules, flashing his warmest smile and extending his gladhand. Then Dr. Small fired two bullets, and Lack dropped dead...
Last week, in a steaming, overcrowded Allegan courtroom, Dr. Small gave a rambling, weeping, shouting account of how it all happened. Edith, who seemed to relish the publicity, testified in his defense. After five hours of deliberation on the first-degree-murder charge against Dr. Small, the jury brought in its verdict: Not guilty, by reason of insanity. As soon as he can prove he is again rational, Dr. Small will go free...
...careful maneuvering, Mrs. Levandowski was rigged into the ward of the Allegan Health Center. There was no single scale that could weigh her, so the staff moved two scales together and had her stand with one foot on each. Even this effort was ineffective. Both scales hit the 300 Ibs. maximum. The doctors decided that she probably weighed about 620 Ibs., which might make her the heaviest woman on record...
...prizes. In Boston, sirloin steak went to $2 a pound. In Washington, a psychology-minded grocer put a sign out front: "Special: 5 Pounds Sugar, 98 cents"-just twice the price at the store across the street. By closing time, clamoring customers had bought 1,000 Ibs. In Allegan, Mich., a man asked to exchange a bag of badly caked sugar, confessed he had 250 pounds more just like it that he had hoarded from World...