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...fiercest clash came at Karatina, a village north of Nairobi. There. British police, supported by the 7th Battalion of the King's African Rifles, collided head-on with a powerful Mau Mau foray. The terrorists turned and fled, but their leader was shot in the throat. Captured alive he proved an important bag. He was Waruhiu Itote, alias "General China," the elusive desperado whose gangs have long dominated Mt. Kenya. An ex-railroad worker who was in the British army in Burma during World War II, "China"' is almost certainly...
...club last ran a summer camp of this sort in 1951; Bill Putnam and Andrew Kaufman, both '47, led that that group and will also handle this year's foray. According to Francis, the Mountaineering Club hopes to provide such a camp every other summer, in order to make climbing available cheaply to its local partisans...
...somewhat south of Dante's ninth level of hell and his philosophy may grate. But they will be amazed and relieved to go back to the headlines and petty disturbances of man, to wait in the quiet bliss bombs and bars until A.C.D. returns to tell of his next foray. If he bothers to return...
Unlike painters, most contemporary poets are active in public affairs. William Carlos Williams and Wallace Stevens, to mention a few, are doctor and insurance salesman respectively. Of this group, Archibald MacLeish has been the closest to the nerve center of public opinion, political foray, and philosophic debate. Assistant Secretary of State, Assistant Director of the Office of War Information, and planer of the United Nations Educational. Scientific and Cultural Organization are among the positions that he has held...
Dwight Eisenhower had a happy birthday (62) and a lively week. He 1) made his fourth foray into the South, evoking a resounding echo of enthusiasm, 2) hit back hard at Harry Truman's weird charges that Eisenhower is an isolationist and biased against minority groups...