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...conqueror was 47-year-old Earl Brown, a brand-new man in politics who worked his way through Harvard, taught college economics, is currently a staff reporter for LIFE. Democrat Brown, who was also backed by the Republican and Liberal Parties, breezed in by a three-to-one majority, 63,000 to 21,000. Said Brown: "It shows that the Negroes want no part of Communism...
...foundation's purpose, Fuller says, is to explore "the borderline areas of technology . . . that industry cannot undertake. Bucky believes his researches into the structure of such things as crystals, stars and atoms will result in brand-new principles of building construction. Present-day houses weigh about 22 Ibs. per cubic ft.; Bucky has plans for a new house he calls "Geodesic" which he hopes will weigh only 1 Ib. per 50 cubic ft. If this one turns out to be practical, no one will ever again chuckle at Bucky's dreams...
...Maine and Congressman Cooley of North Carolina. In Madrid, Congressman Murphy took his wife to a bullfight. Just as the matador was about to dedicate his fourth bull to Mrs. Murphy, the heavens opened and torrential rain fell, the bullfight was called off, and Mrs. Murphy's brand-new black Spanish mantilla was ruined. "Never mind, dear," said Congressman Murphy, "we will be back next year and we will see another from the United States ambassador's box." (The U.S., Britain and France have signified their disapproval of the Franco regime by withdrawing ambassadors from Madrid...
...this fails to resurrect the good old days for Mr. Cagney, however. Science and the law have teamed up against him. He is run to cover through a flashing, buzzing combination of spectrographs, portable loudspeakers, walky-talkies, and brand-new Lincolns with loop-antennas projecting through their roofs. Finally caught in an oil refinery, Mr. Cagney is shot down by four more of those fine, accurate rifle bullets. One of the bullets touches off the gas storage tank upon which he is perched, and he dies, laughing like hell. He is probably laughing at all the money Warner Brothers...
...retail price of Palm Beach suits (fixed by Fair Trade laws in 45 states) forced merchants to lose profits on the suits in stock (TIME, July 18). Last week, Goodall's President Elmer L. Ward was confident that he could patch everything up. He had a brand-new kind of Palm Beach cloth which, he predicted, would revolutionize men's light-weight suits...