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...Unable to find his father and mother, he went to his knees and said the rosary aloud. Six young girls sat together on the canted deck and sang to keep up spirits. Another circle told jokes. Mrs. Sam Frlekin of San Pedro, Calif, grabbed a rail she was to clutch for almost three hours and offered a short plea: "Dear God, help me hang on." The ship's list increased to 45°. Captive water from Andrea Doria'?, three swimming pools splashed back across the decks and into...
...Ervin Seale of Manhattan's Church of Truth titled his lecture "Where Is Bridey Murphy Now?" and suggested that perhaps she was "in" Hypnotist Morey Bernstein. The Rev. Sarah Solada of the First Church of Understanding in Detroit gave her audience a "treatment" for money. Instructing them to clutch a dollar bill tight while she was talking, she went on: "You want to love money so the next person who touches it will feel your love vibrating. You blessed money ... go out and do the work I intend you should do. Then return back to me that...
...pennant chase continued, an old clutch-hitter with a reputation for breaking up tight ball games and a well-known affection for Harriman was asked what he thought of the current crop. Said Harry Truman in Southampton just before heading home from his European tour: he didn't care to comment just now. But then, with Casey Stengel shrewdness, he added: "I'll have plenty to say later...
...mother during pregnancy, the little princess was born with cataracts on both eyes. Doctors were able to save some of the vision in one eye, but by the time Marijke was, two, the sight of the other was gone. In desperation, Juliana and her husband were willing to clutch at any straw of hope...
Following their previous pattern, the slightly-favored heptagonal champions capitalized on unexpected clutch performances, mopped up in their strong events, and sent Eli coach Bog Giegengack back to New Haven to plot only revenge for the third straight year...