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...thing, Kent was dead-he had lost his job, and fortnight ago had rented a canoe, paddled up the Potomac and cut his own throat with a kitchen knife. For another thing, the FBI document stated that he had gotten the Bulgarian's address from Mrs. Emilie Condon, wife of Dr. Edward U. Condon, director of the federal Bureau of Standards...
Despite their peril, South Koreans still hope as well as fear. At Kaesong, a border city which North Koreans often raid (they killed 30 people there last fortnight), I visited the lovely garden of a wealthy Korean. The owner had moved to Seoul months ago, fearing Communists would nab him. But his gardens are perfectly kept. The head gardener, surprised by my surprise at this, explained: "He hopes to come back. What is any garden but an expression of faith in the future...
...Last fortnight, tourists who went out to Xochimilco found the boats untended, their flowers wilted. An old boatman named Cecilio ("Negro") Pacheco explained why. He leaned over the side of his canoa, plunged a muscular arm into the murky water. "Look," he said. His arm caused a sucking sound as it went up to the elbow in thick mud. "Who wants to ride around Xochimilco...
Chicago's cops got nowhere in their hunt for the killers. Fortnight ago, a letter with a jagged edge was mailed to the Sun-Times. The letter told where to find the gang which had murdered old man Engelhard. Editor Finnegan had the tip checked enough to convince him that it was the jackpot, and hustled it over to the police. Last week detectives arrested four members of a South Side gang, who confessed. Boasted the Sun-Times on Page One: SOMEBODY KNEW...
Canada played her card well: she announced that traffic rights at Gander would be withdrawn June 30, but let it be understood that the status quo might be maintained if the U.S. came across with some new concessions. Last week, after a fortnight's negotiations, the U.S. State Department came across. Canada got: ¶ A new Montreal-New York route for the government-owned Trans-Canada Airlines, thus letting T.C.A. tap the richest U.S. traffic center and providing the first competition for Colonial Airlines on Colonial's most lucrative route. ¶ Traffic rights at Tampa and St. Petersburg...