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Enlightened Interns. Mabel Carmon has been variously described as tolerant, courageous, fairminded, flexible, modest, sweet and shy, a machine, a perfectionist, an autocrat. Some staff members would have liked to boot her out the window when they came in as young interns, but they learned to respect her and admire...
...usual on a Marine jump-off, the leathernecks were not losing any time. Corporal Ardrick Hammon of Alton, Ill., radioman for an artillery observer, slogged his way north, so loaded with fighting and communications gear that he could stoop to tie the flapping lace of one combat boot. He felt a tap on his shoulder, looked into a lean face under a pile cap with three stars and a paratrooper's silver badge...
...Barb went in. It was a submariner's dream: some 30 ships lined up like pins in an alley. Eight torpedoes hit six of them, including two ammunition ships, and turned the harbor into "a wholesale fireworks display with the aurora borealis and a couple of sunsets to boot." An hour later, Skipper Fluckey noted in his log: "Crossed the 20 fathom curve with a sigh ... However, life begins at 40 fathoms...
...Boot Spur cabin was built in 1938 by students with the help of an old trapper. Members claim the cabin's bedding facilities will house 24, but add that more can sleep on the somewhat damp ground floor. Since the U. S. Forestry Service requires the door to be always unlocked, many college groups use Boot Spur cabin. The H.M.C., however, asks each visitor to contribute 25 cents to the "kitty...
...Slaves attempted the field goal after Lowell played out its four downs in its own 25, but the kick was blocked. In offside penalty on the Bellboys gave Pierson another try from the 29. This time Pete VanDoren's boot went through the uprights...