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...departure: Mrs. Snyder's business (she is also a skilled landscape painter) is "raising children." C| Named as Assistant Army Secretary for Civil-Military Affairs (Army Engineers, river and harbors work, etc.) Missouri's Dewey Short, 58, longtime (1929-31, 1935-57) Congressman who got a surprise defeat in last November's elections. Republican Short, for many years a member or chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, succeeds George H. Roderick, who moves back to his old job as Assistant Army Secretary for Financial Management...
Odyssey (Sun. 4 p.m., CBS). Scott of the Antarctic, an authentic film record of the explorer's defeat and death...
...month, High Court Judge Sir Charles Harman finally agreed. "It seems to me," said he, "that the objects of these alphabet trusts are analogous to trusts for political purposes. They would involve a change in the law of the land. Such objects have never been considered charitable." The defeat of Shaw's crusade, added Sir Charles, "is not the fault of the law but of the testator, who failed almost for the first time in his life either to grasp the legal problem or to make up his mind what he wanted...
Harvard figured it would have to win the top five or six matches in order to defeat an undefeated Yale squash team last Saturday. Yale figured it would have to take the bottom five or six matches in order to beat a Crimson varsity which had been caught unawares on a trip to Navy and Princeton and thus had been established as an "underdog" in Saturday's contest...
Yale, with a 9-2 league mark, is now one full game ahead of the Indians (8-3). Tonight, the Indians play host to Princeton, and could tie for the lead if a Dartmouth victory is coupled with a Yale defeat...