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...State Department official who briefedreporters on condition of anonymity said it wasnot yet clear whether a flat amount will be paidfor each victim or whether the age, number ofdependents and earnings of the victims will betaken into account in assessing compensation...
...shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property betaken for public use without just compensation...
...H.A.A. was in quite a stew yesterday. For the one and only Eddie Morris, announcer par excellence, had betaken himself off to Washington and left the announcing job at the G.B.I. meet to take care of itself. No one knows just why the inimitable Morris went to Washington but Dame Rumor hath it that he's going on the stump for General Hugh Johnson...
...Vagabond has fled the halls of Harvard and betaken himself to a fairer place than even Cambridge town, which is not difficult if he remembers his Cambridge. Inasmuch as he plans to sojourn here for some weeks far from the madding crowd it will be best to describe this place for his readers. There are no Georgian Houses with gold leaf and emblazoned shields, there are no Georgian cafeterias, there are no Deans, and there is no scaffolding to hide the works...
General Fayolle, who is to speak at the Union tomorrow evening at 8.15 o'clock, will arrive in the afternoon accompanied by his two personal aides. Immediately after his arrival he will betaken to President Lowell's house, where he will be entertained at a small luncheon. After the luncheon, President Lowell and Professor Julian Coolidge '95, Commandant of the Shannon Post of the American Legion, will conduct the French general and his party to Soldiers Field, where picked men of the Artillery Unit, under the direction of Major R.C.F. Goetz, will fire a salute in the visitor's honor...