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...court decision were the unmistakable signs of fancy footwork-and knifework-by Adhemar's foes. The Sáo Paulo prosecuting attorney had to look long and hard to find a legal device for reopening the Chevrolet case, but find it he did. In his earlier acquittal, Adhe-mar had been tried for diverting automobiles to his personal profit. No mention, the prosecutor ruled, was made of five trucks that were also part of the deal. Accordingly, the 28-man court (complete with nine new members appointed in recent months by Adhemar's archrival, Governor...
...Israel bought the seventh scroll (and three others) from Jerusalem's Syrian Metropolitan Mar Athanasius Samuel, and experts at Hebrew University tackled the problem of unrolling it. Slowly softened by humid air, the leather scroll finally opened. Its center yielded four complete and legible pages and several fragments. Last week the secret of the seventh scroll was revealed. It proved to be a warning against jumping to conclusions about the Dead Sea Scrolls...
...spectators saw Tenley falter slightly on a double axle, but it was not enough to mar her performance. She limped badly coming off the ice after her four minute program, having turned her injured right ankle while skating...
...Squash Racquets Tournament by a 3-1 score. The one game which he won proved to be the only ray of hope for the United States squash delegation as Pakistan's famed pair of brothers. Hashim and Azam Khan, swept through the tournament with only this one game to mar an otherwise perfect record against all but each other...
Paddles & Policemen. Next day, on the road to Shan States, Burmans lined up once again to eye the visitors in expressionless curiosity. Here and there, well-drilled schoolchildren called out a greeting: "Bulganin, Khrushchev, mar bar sai!" (Long live Bulganin and Khrushchev). At one point, after the party had passed, a Western reporter decided to experiment: "John Foster Dulles!" he prompted the kids. "Doolis, mar bar sai!" they sang out obediently...