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Right the Wrong. A fortnight ago Konrad Adenauer returned tanned from a month-long vacation in Switzerland. He seemed once again more like his old self. He summoned all his power-and it took all of it-to get the conscription bill through its first reading (it will take all his power to get it enacted by fall). He roused himself at last to put Fritz Schaffer in his place. Last week, speaking with Adenauer's backing, Foreign Minister Brentano reversed Schaffer's stand, announced that West Germany will continue to share the cost of maintaining Allied troops...
...proud eye on the Sardinian transformation, and almost every Sunday without fail flies the 125 miles from Rome to his Sassari villa. The new Sardinia may do him political good, too, helping to hold his Christian Democratic pluralities on the island in Italy's nationwide municipal elections a fortnight hence...
Back from their fortnight honeymoon in the Bahamas, New York Timesman Clifton Daniel and his bride, Margaret Truman Daniel, played it plain, set a refreshingly unobtrusive tone for their future public appearances. Said Cliff Daniel to fellow newsmen at New York International Airport: "We're an old married couple now, and we're not news any more." Asked if she plans to step back into radio and TV stardom, the girl from Missouri replied: "As long as it doesn't interfere with my husband's career...
Setting world records is getting to be old hat with trim young (19) Sprinter Sime. This winter he set a new mark for the indoor 100-yd. dash (0:09.5); fortnight ago he shaved the 220-yd. low-hurdle record to 0:22.2. And if his father, Aircraft Plant Guard Charles Sime, has his way, the rapid young man will be a long time slowing down. After his world-record dash last week, Dave had hardly caught his breath when he was talking on the telephone to his dad in Fair Lawn, N.J. "Next time do it faster," was Charles...
...Fortnight ago in another meet, he was even relaxed enough to take a crack at the broad jump, finished second with 23 ft. 3½ in. But he hurt his hip in the process, and Coach Chambers served notice that Dave would jump no more until after the Olympic trials in June. Said Chambers: "I just got a letter from [Big Ten Commissioner] Tug Wilson. He said that sometimes it's been known that a man can get hurt broad jumping and please would I consider leaving Dave out of it for a while. Tug said that Dave could...