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Though his presence at press conferences occasionally causes officials to clam up, most Washington newsmen bear him no ill will. They cheerfully fill him in when he misses a story. Gossiping colleagues and Government officials rarely edit their conversation just because Todd is around. He is still a member in good standing of the National Press Club, though no longer welcome at the Overseas Writers. (He also dropped out of a car pool after learning that the FBI was investigating his traveling companions.) Though he files several thousand words a day, Todd does not do much talking. Unlike the Secretaries...
Ipswich, Massachusetts, is a town of about 7,000 people. It has two factories, which together employ about 500 from the town. There is a bank and a theater. Ipswich's best-known product is the Ipswich clam; the town's chief landmark is a long sandy beach...
...first business before Monday's meeting was the election of various town officials-among them Fence-viewer, Surveyor of Lumber and Bark, and Clam Commissioner. The next items in the warrant covered every sort of town problem: among them a plant to install parking meters in the center of town, appropriations for the repair of the Town Wharf, the need for a new fire engine. Each article in the warrant had been considered by the town's Finance Committee, a part appointive, part elective board, and this committee made recommendations to the meeting...
...veterans who will graduate this June have nothing to worry about, Monro said, because they can be in graduate school a full year before the clam is applied. Likewise, the 4,000 rate currently enrolled in graduate schools have no cause for alarm...
...already developed a taste for a Boston specialty, New England clam chowder, but his favorite dishes are still pot-au-feu and kidneys cooked with Chablis. "You see," says Madame Munch, "he has a modest taste." He likes a good nip of Scotch, is amazed that he has been unable to find good Alsatian vintages...