Word: gunshot
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Percussion in a nearly pristine state, but not nearly so frightening as it might seem from the line-up of instruments (partial roster: three bass drums, seven timpani, three xylophones, a glockenspiel, a gunshot machine and five pebble-filled cocktail shakers). Especially designed for hi-fi fans, but one number (Happy Little Woodpile) has pop possibilities...
Died. Robert M. ("Young Bob") La Follette Jr., 58, Wisconsin Republican and Progressive Party Senator (1925-46), son and successor to "Fighting Bob"; by his own hand (gunshot); in Washington, D.C. (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
Died. Gene ("Old Tack") Howe, 66, publisher (1926-50) of the Amarillo Globe and News, whose daily column, "The Tactless Texan," was standard fare to thousands in the panhandle; by his own hand (gunshot); in Amarillo (see PRESS...
Died. Harry A. Woodruff, 48, Manhattan importer and onetime vice consul in Tunis (1941-42); by his own hand (gunshot); in Brooklyn. In North Africa, as assistant to Robert D. Murphy, then counsellor of the U.S. Embassy in Vichy, Woodruff worked in the undercover preparations for the U.S. invasion, won the Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre and U.S. Medal for Merit...
Died. Louis Adamic, 52, author (My America, The Native's Return); from a gunshot wound; in Flemington, N.J. (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...