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...survivors in nine breathtaking shuttle trips. None of the passengers had been badly hurt. Captain Ralph Tate Jr., pilot of the plane, felt so good at the rescue depot that he spurned an ambulance, jauntily vaulted a fence to the waiting hospital train. To eleven-year-old Alice McMahon, it had been great good fun living off snow and chocolate bars for five days. She came off the rescue plane vigorously chewing gum, told reporters: "I had a fine time...
...Fall River, Mass., Police Chief Edward D. McMahon thumbed through his copy of LIFE'S tenth anniversary issue and lingered over its eight color pages of U.S. art. There were 25 paintings including four of nudes and all had appeared in the magazine before. Chief McMahon went to the district attorney, who agreed that some of the pictures were "indecent." Forthwith, in the counties of Nantucket, Dukes and Bristol, LIFE's issue was ordered off the newsstands. In Manhattan, LIFE Publisher Andrew Heiskell told reporters "ridiculous. . . . Certainly our readers would not wish to have a police chief decide...
...depended upon to distribute party patronage properly in the event of a Democratic victory in November. The pros thought Newcomer Bowles might learn the ropes more safely as a Senator under the watchful eye of Connecticut's Democratic leader and senior Senator in Washington-ambitious, young (42) Brien McMahon...
Last week, while waiting for Bowles to make port and make up his mind, Senator McMahon himself passed the lofty hint that it would be a shame for Chester Bowles to waste his abilities outside of Washington. The hint would be passed to Skipper Bowles not long after his boat docked...
Commenting on the passage of the revised McMahon Bill for the control of atomic energy, Wendell Furry, associate professor of Physics, said yesterday, "The bill is terrible but not as bad as it might have been...