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...that note the visit ended. Last fortnight Pacifier Mereiles proudly returned to Rio to report on his successful mission across the River of Deaths. "Look us well in the face," Apoena had told him in parting, "so that you may not take us for others who are not your friends...
...Thin to Hold. Last week a U.S. major, Charles Hoge, came limping into Seoul on sore legs and blistered feet. He had been KMAG adviser to the R.O.K. national police in Chunchon, which was stormed by guerrillas last fortnight. Major Hoge's story...
...Otto had murdered a woman, and in remorse tried to commit suicide. He succeeded only in blowing half his face away. Sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder, Otto was sent to a hospital near Christchurch for plastic surgery. Authorities put him on his honor not to escape. Last fortnight, equipped with new, nearly healed features, he simply walked out of the hospital. New Zealand police admitted that recapture would be difficult. The only pictures they had of Otto showed his old, pre-surgery face...
Teresa Gonzales is the wife of a bricklayer living in Colonia Mexicana, the dirt-poor shack town of Brownsville, Texas. Now 35, Mrs. Gonzales has had four children in 13 years. The first died in infancy. The next two, both girls, were delivered by dangerous high-forceps methods. Fortnight ago, Teresa Gonzales was to be delivered of her fourth child...
...fortnight ago Pasadena's board of education decided that the controversy had gone far enough. It sent a telegram to Goslin, attending a conference in Manhattan, asking for his resignation...