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Crisis at the Crillon. In Britain, the Thames was frozen over at Windsor, and primroses just budding in Wales withered in the frost. Alarming reports came from Kent, where snowed-in pubs were running out of beer. But the cold wave brought far more serious hardships and economic dangers to Britain. Trains and trucks stood idle, schools and factories had to shut down as the coal shortage shut off heat and electric power. Office workers strained their eyes by candlelight. Water mains and pipes broke everywhere (since Britons stubbornly cling to the illusion that their winters are never very cold...
Delegates elected to the State Convention were Stanley G. Karson '48, Robert Fischelis '48, William Nelson 1G, Edward Finkelstein '46, Richard G. Axt '46, Selig S. Harrison '48, Charles Sellers '47, Arnold W. Rivkin 2G, Irving Kent 2G, Fred Houghteling '49, Herbert F. Regal '47, Stanley Rothenburg '47, Charles R. Conklin '48, Thomas Brooks '47, and Reginald Zalles...
...Duchess of Kent, one of England's handsomest women, opened a maternity ward in St. George's Hospital by snipping a tape, concentrated so furiously on doing justice to the job in hand that the witnessing cameras did less than justice to herself...
...natural charm of a genuine, if unimportant, antique. Coxere (pronounced Coxery) was a cut above the average 17th Century Jack Tar (e.g., he spoke four languages fluently). Like most of his contemporaries, he wrote phonetically-"yeuneuerseti" for university, "yeumer" (humor), "bin" (been), "westinges" (West Indies). Born in Kent, in 1633, he became coxswain and gunner aboard merchantmen whose loads ranged from Newfoundland cod to indigo, currants and muscadine wine. Between voyages: "[I] took large liberty in drinking and sporting as the manner of seamen generally...
...middle weights are pretty well dominated by returning members of last winter's team, but Boston and Assistant Coach jay Thomas emphasize that no position on the team is definitely filled. At the 145-pound class former Kent captain and a member of the two previous Crimson teams, Frank Tyng, is the leader contender while Dan Ray, Poly Prep captain two years ago, is moving up from the 145-pound class he filled last year to the 155 pound slot. Battling Ray for this position is an Exeter wrestler, John Cassady...