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...public, the Democrats tried to look only outraged. In private, they also looked worried, and many a politico said gloomily that even if McCarthy found no culprit, he had still hurt the Democratic Party with all his hue & cry. At Key West, President Truman called in newsmen to try to repair the damage. After passing out hamburgers and lemonade, he turned the full weight of his office against the Senator from Wisconsin. McCarthy's charges, said the President, talking a little extremely himself, had become the greatest asset the Kremlin now had in the cold...
...fire was extinguished within minutes after the fivemen had hauled a ladder up through the window and torn away sections of the sound absorbent ceiling. Faulty wining was the culprit...
...that moment the station was silent for eight seconds. Then, without further interruption, or any explanation, the sportscast came back on the air. Red-faced KECA officials descended on the culprit, a mild-mannered, 37-year-old Canadian engineer named Lionel Roy Flook. Marching him to the front door, they hurried back to answer the phone calls which were jamming the switchboard. Spluttered' one top executive: "He broke all ethics for engineers. I've never heard of anything like it in all my years in radio...
...wealthy American matron, while winning the undivided support of the audience for his faith in the innocence of suspect number one (whom you know is guiltless all the way). But in balancing the scales of justice, Maigret nearly meets his match in a manic-depressive named Radek, the actual culprit, who is more than competently portrayed by Franchot Tone...
Early Start. In Amarillo, Texas, a seven-year-old culprit was hauled into juvenile court for stealing $5 and seven tricycles. In Franklin, La., a 14-year-old ninth-grader was arrested for cashing two checks she had made out as an arithmetic assignment. In Roanoke, Va., Sherman Lovelace, facing charges of illegally wearing a Navy uniform and possessing an Army discharge, was convicted of polygamy (three wives...