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...return to Wooster, the troubled dean wrote to the Immigration Service, to Oxford and Adelaide, then sat back and waited. Finally, last fortnight, he summoned his student body to a special meeting to break the news. The polished Mr. Peters, said he, would not be around any more. As a matter of fact, he was at that very moment in the clink...
Winchell, who knows how to use flattery as well as abuse, three days later became the first (and only) newsman to suggest that Monaghan was an excellent "dark horse" New York mayoralty candidate. A fortnight ago, he hit Lyons more directly. Wrote Winchell: "L.L. was made Vice President of the Fund one night when WW, the founder of it, said: 'Congratulations! You are now Vice President . . .' He 'resigned' after he was informed that if he didn't, Winchell . . . would force his resignation . . ." Added Winchell: "[Lyons] has written letters about me (now in my possession) that...
...cost-of-living index. McCaffrey had the misfortune to announce a 2?-an-hour cost-of-living cut for his 75,000 employees just after the autoworkers got their raise. The Farm Equipment-United Electrical union warned that when it starts discussing contract changes with Harvester next fortnight, "we will definitely be talking about the automotive pattern." Answered McCaffrey, whose company has been hit by slipping farm income and a drop in implement sales: "We don't believe that just because some large company in another and much more profitable industry agrees to something, we are obligated to agree...
Captain Manuel Fernandez Jr. of Miami, who was the leading jet ace for a while (TIME, May 18), was overhauled by a hawk-eyed pilot who was once Fernandez' gunnery student: Captain Joseph McConnell Jr., 27, of Apple Valley, Calif. For a brief while last fortnight, Fernandez and McConnell were tied at 13 kills apiece. Fernandez got one more; then, in one busy day last week, McConnell raised his total to 16, thus becoming the first "triple jet ace" in aviation history...
...Fortnight ago, Guardian Editor Cedric Belfrage, 48, a British subject who has lived in the U.S. for most of the last 16 years, was summoned before Congressman Velde's Un-American Activities Committee. The committee wanted to know about a job Belfrage had held after World War II, working in Germany for the British under U.S. military authorities as press control officer, licensing new German newspapers. Had Belfrage. asked the committee, given out licenses to Communists? On the grounds of possible "self-incrimination," Belfrage refused to say anything about his job in Germany...