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...Yale Daily News sent a special telegram request last night that Miss Myra Kriegel, one of the eight experimental New Haven co-eds, be considered. From as far away as the University of Colorado nominations have come in. Miss Marilyn Kelly of CU has been nominated by the Flatiron, a frequently banned local humor magazine...
Died. Paul Starrett, 90, co-founder (1922) and longtime board chairman of Starrett Brothers (later Starrett Brothers & Eken), builders of the Empire State Building and such other Manhattan landmarks as the Flatiron Building, Pennsylvania Railroad Station and the Plaza, Commodore and Biltmore hotels, as well as luxury hotels in other cities throughout the U.S., and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.; in Greenwich, Conn...
...half a century, Americans in Paris -sophisticates and innocents alike-have felt the same way about the American Express office. To them, the grimy faced, flatiron-shaped building at 11 Rue Scribe, across the street from the Opera, has been their home away from home. It has handled their mail (750,000 pieces a year, addressed simply c/o American Express, Paris), cashed their checks, even furnished them with "jeunes filles de bonne famille" for babysitters. Through its portals as many as 10,000 Americans have thronged each day in search of information, messages or waiting friends...
...Watt Cooler. To reduce the load on the electrical system of a house, General Electric announced a half-horsepower, low-wattage air conditioner that uses less current than a toaster or flatiron. Price: about...
...Hutchinson, editor of the Flatiron, commented "We don't rely on sex and alcoholism. We try to appeal to all sorts of students...