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After Saturday's $65,000 blaze in Claverly, Cambridge building authorities will inspect the dormitory to determine whether additional safety devices will be necessary. The iron doors, which were not used to delay the configuration Saturday, may be made automatic to increase their efficiency, building authorities said yesterday...
...councillors did pass an order however, directing City Manager John B. Atkinson to have the Cambridge Building Department inspect all University buildings for "means of egress in case of fire...
...starter, Harry Truman last week jumped on a train and rode up to the Army's proving ground at Aberdeen, Md. There, wearing a plastic raincoat against a fine driving rain, he stood bareheaded as guns boomed his 21-gun salute, splashed through puddles to inspect the guard, maneuvered a radio-controlled tank by a switchboard placed in his hand, and watched the U.S. Army show off its newest weapons. Then he hurried back to Washington to keep a date: a family dinner to celebrate daughter Margaret's 27th birthday...
...plans left out his company commander's practiced eyes. Out to inspect the close-order drill class, Captain W. A. ("I'm a bug on proper uniform") Gorman quickly spied the odd bulge bobbing under Smith's jacket. He stopped the platoon and commanded the recruit to unveil the unmilitary mystery. When Gorman, also a steady TIME-reader, saw the reason for the bulge, he ordered Smith to "share his knowledge" with the platoon by reading aloud while marching...
...ugly working-class characters combine good nature, impudence and long-suffering patience with a proper English sense of a citizen's importance. Example: a squat cockney in a cap, a runny-nosed brat dangling from his shoulder, strides past a cluster of bristling generals to inspect a parade-dress line of soldiers. Giles's caption: "His argument is that as a taxpayer he has as much right to inspect things as anybody else...