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...significant shot keynoted the early stages of the rioting: the rifle shot that a fortnight ago killed Bridget Ann Timbers, an American nun, outside the convent in Ismailia where she had been stationed. The nun's death, for which each side blamed the other, was followed by bloody rioting in Ismailia, and a ruthless house-to-house search by the British for guerrillas and hidden weapons...
Savitt, who gained a few sympathetic fans when Shields failed to name him to the Davis Cup team, and gained even more last fortnight when Shields unloosed his intemperate blast, finally had his comeuppance. And McGregor, who had also gained sympathy when he failed to get a singles berth on Australia's Davis Cup team, finally had his day. McGregor this week pulled a stunning upset by beating Doubles Teammate Sedgman, U.S. champion, 7-5, 12-10, 2-6, 6-2, for the Australian title...
...Fortnight ago, the Hong Kong government abruptly changed its ways, apparently realizing at last that what deters Mao is not a kindly feeling towards the victim, but fear of the consequences. British-led police, in simultaneous middle-of-the-night raids, rounded up leaders of the Communist "Study Group," which had been spreading Red propaganda in Hong Kong's movie studios, charged them with "political activities subversive to peace and order" and chucked them out of the colony. The Far Eastern Economic Review, semi-official organ of Hong Kong's financiers, editorially reflected the new boldness: "Formosa must...
From the union came a quick reply. It has already agreed to forgo wage increases in 1952, said the T.W.U.A., and it has no objection to increasing output where better machinery is installed. T.W.U.A. pointed to an agreement signed a fortnight ago with Wyandotte Worsted Co.,under which individual work loads will be increased by close to 50% through the installation of improved machines. "If American Woolen's operations are inefficient," said T.W.U.A. Woolen-Worsted Division Chief John Chupka, "the blame could lie with management, not the union...
...News was carrying the names as a "public service," but it was also a smart circulation stunt. The paper hit on the idea while getting together a series on income taxes a fortnight ago. When it heard about the unclaimed lode in a single district (Manhattan's Third), it sold the U.S. Treasury the idea of printing the names as an experiment in getting the refunds paid. The city desk assigned a special staff to compile lists of taxpayers owed $100 or more. The News expects to run the lists (totaling about 6,000 names) for almost two weeks...