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...Compass Quits...
...Manhattan's pinko Daily Compass finally folded. Deep in debt, the three-year-old tabloid, lineal descendant of the pinko PM, reached a peak circulation of 54,000 after the start of the Korean war, then slumped to 30,000. The Compass, originally backed by International Harvester heiress Mrs. Emmons Elaine, 86 (TIME. May 16, 1950), was in the red more often than the black. This week the paper's mortgagors and creditors closed in and sold the Compass' fixtures and machinery at auction. Said Editor Ted Thackrey: "We ran out of money. We're through...
Down Beat's issue is packed with dozens of tributes from every quarter of the music compass, from Composer Deems Taylor and Songwriter Cole Porter to Bopster Billy Eckstine and Weeper Johnnie Ray. Learned articles trace his musical history and speculate on his future...
Davis said that he was hit by four severe storms; the two worst were off New Zealand. The second storm swept everything off the Miru's deck--including loose lines and the ketch's compass. This storm lasted five days, and several 65-foot waves managed to crash over the mainmast...
...other hand the New York Daily Compass, liberal left wing newspaper, has charged Schlesinger with being 'too far to the right" and compared him to Nixon