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...originally thrown together as a force of Highland police to prevent cattle stealing, soon became a regiment. Unkilted and wearing khaki battle dress instead, the Watch fought in World War II in Greece, Tobruk, Alamein, Burma, Sicily, Italy, Normandy, Germany. The regiment's most famed legendary wartime exploit: arresting General Eisenhower while he was roaming Gibraltar in civilian clothes (Ike was held, fuming and incommunicado, in the guardhouse for almost four hours...
...squad is in high spirits for this Ivy League opener, and unless injuries exploit the lack of depth, it could upset the odds. One distinct advantage the Crimson will enjoy is that of familiarity; Harvard has been watching Lefty James' football for quite a few years, and did see this team in action last Saturday, while Yovicsin's brand will be new to the Ithacans. James frankly said yesterday that he was not too sure what to expect, although he imagined that the Crimson's weight advantage up front would indicate a running attack...
...groups exist in the South which obviate the value of reasonable, planned action. There are politicians, large and small, who will not hesitate to exploit the race issue. Governor Faubus is the archetype of political charlatans today, although he will be a second-string hack compared with the Talmadges, Timmermans, and Big Jim Folsoms...
...Sloganeers. The Russians were also going on the offensive in the diplomatic battle over disarmament. In London last week Soviet Delegate Valerian Zorin bluntly brushed aside the laborious spell-out of the Western proposals to the U.N. Disarmament Subcommittee. This left Russia free to exploit the disarmament issue in the twelfth U.N. General Assembly session beginning next week. There Russia can again hard-sell the simple slogan, "Let's all stop nuclear tests...
CITIES SERVICE CO. will make first major effort by any U.S. company to drill for oil in Africa's promising Sahara Desert. Deal is for fifty-fifty profit split with two French companies in a joint venture to exploit Sahara's proven reserves of 3.5 billion bbl., explore for potential reserves conservatively estimated at 7 billion...