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...only a small, personal following among Democrats. In many parts of the U.S., he draws crowds that are undemonstrative; his looks, his voice, his personality, according to New York Times reporters roving the Middle West, generally have little appeal. ("Eisenhower is ordinary-like," said a gasoline-station attendant in Oceana County, Mich., "and so is Kefauver.") Expounding on "The Case for the Democrats" in last week's Saturday Evening Post, House Speaker Sam Rayburn managed to write 4,500 words of a 4,700-word article before mentioning the candidate's name. Stevenson's campaign managers...
When her brief inspection tour was over (distance traveled: 500 yards), Britain's Queen settled down to enjoy a garden party at Oceana House, the royal palace of the present "King" of Cocos, John Clunies-Ross, 25, and his beautiful "Queen" Daphne, whom he wooed and won in London in 1951. Garbed in a Molyneux gown and feathered hat flown from England for the occasion, Daphne Clunies-Ross, who in the last three years has grown used to island barefoot fashions, was plainly uncomfortable in her high-heeled shoes...
Proper Names. In Springfield, Ohio, Police Lieut. John Law announced his retirement. In Oceana, W. Va., the leading candidate for postmaster was Please Wright...
...Michigan first legalized eugenic sterilization in 1913. Currently 26 other States have similar laws. †However, in Oceana County, Mich, a young: man got a $3,250 verdict against three county officers whom he accused of coercing him to submit to sterilization (TIME, July 24). Retrial is pending. *In a joint paper with Frederick Boyce, M. D. and Elizabeth M. McFetridge...
rubber Further, trees it takes (Hevea) to five yield years latex. for Some experiments with low-yield rubber shrubs in the Southwest and Mexico are in progress. U. S. Rubber Co. has its own plantations in Oceana. Firestone Rubber Co. is trying to develop Liberian jungles. It has made little progress there so far. In their predicament U. S. rub ber manufacturers have five measures towards gaining some relief: 1) reclaimed rubber, 2) synthetic rubber, 3) factice, 4) mineral rubber, and 5) more economical meth ods of manufacture. Improved Manufacture. Last week a company was formed, the American Anode...