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Polarity. In Nipigon, Ont., Corporal Ted Broughton of the Provincial Police was wakened by the sound of breaking glass, saw an arm thrust through the broken front-door panel of his home, yanked in and arrested Robert Stevens, 31, for breaking and entering. In Castaic, Calif., Frank Joseph Nemcek, 23, serving a one-year term for robbery, escaped from the jail, walked out to the highway, had the misfortune to hitch a ride from Deputy Sheriff Walter M. Doughty, who was on his way to work at the jail...
...rollicking and rare gaiety of James Broughton...
When North Carolina's Senator J. Melville Broughton died early this month, after only four months in office, the pressure squads closed in fast on Governor Kerr Scott to push their favorite candidates. But last week Kerr Scott tore up their lists and shook Tarheel professionals to their political roots. The man he chose for the seat was the University of North Carolina's scrappy little President Frank Porter Graham (TIME, Jan. 3), who has made a career of fighting old Southern prejudices...
Died. J. (for Joseph) Melville Broughton, 60, North Carolina's Democratic freshman Senator and onetime governor (1941-45); of a heart attack; in Bethesda...
Mine Host. In Winnipeg, Canada, Walter Broughton baited his want ad for a cottage with a promise: the landlord would be "cordially invited to all parties...