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While the world outside burst into uproar, the Congo itself received the news with sluggish calm, as if Lumumba's death was to be expected. There was some scattered violence-but not the widely predicted blood bath. In Léopoldville, Lumumba fans rioted for a night, and somebody cut a man in half. In Bukavu, drunken Congolese soldiers seized a Roman Catholic priest, cut off his ears and then beheaded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congo: Death of Lumumba--& After | 2/24/1961 | See Source »

...home is carefully air-conditioned, and she gets ultraviolet light treatments. But sunshine? Never. Twice a day Sister exercises in an "outdoor" run -shingle-roofed, walled with Plexiglas and floored with specially selected gravel. Only when she is being prepared for show is Sister permitted the luxury of a bath-in liquid Lux detergent. Scratching is forbidden: it might damage her coat. Panting is frowned upon: it might destroy her air of "distinction and dignity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Little Sister | 2/24/1961 | See Source »

Died. Archibald M. Main, 90, dean of U.S. naval architects who designed oceangoing yachts ranging from J.P. Morgan's Corsair to Harry Truman's Williamsburg, and whose Bath (Me.) Iron Works turned out nearly 25% of the U.S. Navy's World War II destroyers; in Bath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jan. 27, 1961 | 1/27/1961 | See Source »

...gale after gale swept over nearly every county in England and Wales, the floods seeped out onto 150 main roads, bringing traffic to a standstill. Near Dover, a chunk of the famed white cliffs fell onto the railway lines. Swans swam placidly in the streets of (of all places) Bath. Last week it was still raining. Noted London's Evening Standard sourly: "The tanned appearance of many Londoners is not sunburn-it is rust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Precipitation Unlimited | 1/2/1961 | See Source »

...South and the Midwest, called Senior Citizens Hotels Inc. They are converting several floors of each hotel for retirement living. There is a recreation room and kitchen, ramps instead of stairways where possible. Rents range from $35 a month for a room without meals to $125 for a bath and three meals, supervised by a dietitian to make certain that meals are wholesome for oldsters. Says Senior Citizens' originator, Charles Little: "An attractive retirement hotel sells the children whose consciences might otherwise bother them when they move the old folks out of their homes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOUSING: New Homes for Old Folks | 12/26/1960 | See Source »

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