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...final delaying tactic, McCarran had departed for Europe for further "investigation" of the D.P. situation, and sent back a warning that "this country will be inundated with a flood of aliens." Michigan's Homer Ferguson patiently refuted his arguments, pointed out that 134,000 was scarcely an inundation, amounted to less than a fifth of one percent of the labor force. But McCarran's allies carried on. For nearly six hours, Washington's garrulous lightweight, Harry P. Cain, held the floor with a low-grade filibuster. The D.P. opponents talked on, counting on the dwindling attendance...
Tiny St. John's College in Annapolis, Md. brags of the world's most distinguished faculty-the authors (Homer to Kant to Kierkegaard) of the 100-odd Great Books, "the real original and ultimate teachers at St. John's." Last week the college added its first lady to the staff: Jane Austen. Newest Great Book: Pride and Prejudice...
...LARRY HOMER...
...looked at that guy [DiMaggio] and said to myself, 'If he can play the way he feels, I can pitch forever.' " To Yankee fans, it seemed that he did. He gave only one hit in the last 6| innings; the Yankees won (5-4) on a homer by long-legged Outfielder Johnny Lindell...
...tired in the seventh. The Brooks blasted across four runs, capped off by Gil Hodges' three-run homer, to finish Raschi and bring in Joe Page. Joe gave them short shrift, allowing two hits and one walk while striking out four in two and one third innings to save Raschi's first victory of the series...