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Personal Demon. Hardworking, hard-cussing Kinley, a Californian by birth, has put out 300 fires, has few rivals (many other fire fighters have been killed). He is wealthy enough to retire on his fire fighting earnings (an estimated $100,000 a year), plus royalties on oilfield tools, sold by a company he owns in Houston. But Kinley, who regards fire as a personal demon always scheming to outwit him, can never resist the next jangle of the long-distance fire bell. Says he: "I guess I'll retire when they carry...
...Californian Parry O'Brien, who led the U.S.'s Darrow Hooper and Jim Fuchs to a 1-2-3 sweep in the shotput. O'Brien's winning toss...
University of California Regent John F. Neylon yesterday attacked two articles in the Daily Californian, University newspaper. The articles described favorably life in the Soviet Union...
...executive committee of the Associated Students added its voice to the controversy, requesting Sproule to appoint an advisory committee composed of representatives from the Associated Students, the Daily Californian, the faculty, alumni, and administration...
...money out of her song. Her travels ended in Portland, Ore., where for the past few years she lived on relief in a ramshackle frame house. Neighborhood kids sang her song outside her window. Last week, an embittered 75, Frankie died. ¶ Theola Barton is a 15-year-old Californian who likes to go to school in pin curls. Last March the principal of her school in Antioch sent her home to take out the pins. Theola's parents rebelled, said that Theola would not go back to classes until she could do her hair as she pleased. Last...