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Room 455 at Hoover High School in Glendale, Calif, contains a red-tailed hawk that eats horsemeat, a sinister 8-ft. anaconda, hordes of white rats, a map of every ant colony in the vicinity and George Cassell, 28, an exuberant young man who grew up at the foot of Mt. Shasta with a trout rod in his hand, football on his mind and no thought of study. As it turned, out, he was destined to make Room 455 just about the most popular teen-age hangout in Glendale. Since he teaches biology-one of the deadlier subjects...
Four weeks before the Los Angeles convention, the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination seemed to go underground as the contenders, their aides and strategists were busier than an ant colony in their quests for delegates and deals. TIME correspondents, checking the politicians and delegates across the nation, found Jack Kennedy still well ahead despite a psychological post-summit uneasiness about his youth and lack of diplomatic experience, counted up a minimum 620 first-ballot votes for Kennedy. (Needed to win: 761.) In second place was Lyndon Johnson, with 410½ votes, grounded on the rock of the Solid South...
...Tighten Our Belts." In Lisbon he got the lavish affection that he needed to buoy his spirits. Arriving four days ahead of schedule, the President found that the Portuguese had nevertheless got their welcome ready in time: there were warm greetings from President Américo Tomas and Strongman António de Oliveira Salazar, a 21-gun salute, and enthusiastic thousands lining the streets to see him. "I'm sure glad to be here and away from there." he said. But despite his happy mood, his staff caught flashes of concern in his face, and in his stumbling...
...ground, But thief steal am for night, an' ant eat some too. One of them farmers, him got plenty sense, 'E go for Barclays Bank an' they keep him money well...
Under the bland rule of Dictator António de Oliveira Salazar, 70, Portugal has slumbered for more than a quarter century. Occasionally the nation of 11,450,000 seems on the point of waking, e.g., in 1958, when General Humberto Delgado (now in exile in Brazil) broke all the rules by campaigning seriously for the presidency. Last year Portugal twitched again when the government announced that it had smashed a military plot to overthrow aging Dr. Salazar. Among those arrested: handsome Captain José de Almeida Santos, 39. a cavalry officer with a record of distinguished service...