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...boats mounting nothing stronger than 20-mm. guns. Smith improvised his own artillery preparation by firing the guns of his tanks while they were still offshore in the assault craft. Since air support from Army planes failed to arrive, Smith's air support consisted of one Piper cub which dropped eight hand grenades behind the enemy beach. In spite of these crudities, the Willaumez operation was successful; Smith got a Bronze Star, the first of his three World War II decorations...
...Hearst job came last week to Randolph Apperson Hearst, 34. After three years as executive editor, then associate publisher, handsome, slick-haired Randy Hearst took over as full-fledged publisher of Hearst's San Francisco Call-Bulletin (circ. 152,135). Randy, who had broken in as a cub on his father's San Francisco Examiner, was thus even up with twin brother David, publisher of the Los Angeles Herald & Express, and older brother William Randolph Jr., publisher of the New York Journal-American...
Eleanor was 67 when Henry died, yet she sprang like a lioness to seize England for her cub, Richard. She governed it magnificently for him, too, when he went on crusade; and after his return, managed the political power while he took the field against the French...
...scales against the South. The Communists' North Korean air force has been estimated to have anywhere from 50 to 200 planes. The smaller figure is probably more nearly correct. The planes include Russian Yak fighters and light bombers. South Korea has only ten T-6 trainers and some Cub liaison planes; the U.S. has shown no interest in furnishing planes for the yo-odd South Korean pilots who are ready for fast fighter training...
...first thing a copy boy or cub reporter learns in the average city room is not to whistle, hum or sing. It's bad luck, and furthermore, it's disconcerting. But for more than two years, every 15 minutes from dawn till dark, the staid city room of the Sacramento (Calif.) Bee (circ. 114,854) has echoed to the strains of such treacly tunes as Dear Hearts & Gentle People and Because You Love Me. Miss Eleanor McClatchy, fiftyish, publisher of the Bee, wants it that way. She thinks that the music (piped in by Muzak) relaxes...