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...there was State Attorney General Clarence A. Barnes. Barnes, at 64, still has the bearing (and the crew haircut) of a Yale athlete*(class of '04), still thoughtfully putts golf balls around his office when mulling over a problem. Twice married and the father of nine children (the oldest, 40, the youngest, two), he has had a distinguished career as a lawyer and a militant Republican. His bill requiring labor unions to account publicly for their funds was the country's first to be approved by voters (in a state referendum last year...
Everybody's favorite target was Episcopal Traveler Guy Emery Shipler, editor of the U.S.'s oldest religious journal, The Churchman, which frequently has hard words for Roman Catholics and soft ones for friends of Russia. Full of news and views after his Yugoslav tour, which included a visit to the prison cell of Archbishop Aloysius Stepinac, Dr. Shipler stated flatly that he found no evidence of suppression of religious activity there.* Still, he "doubted very much" that Yugoslav clergymen could safely attack the Government from the pulpit...
...pillars for a temporary miniature temple. A roof of fresh green leaves sheltered a holy fire attended by a Brahman priest. There, while several thousand women chanted hymns, the ministers-to-be and constitution-makers passed in front of the priest, who sprinkled holy water on them. The oldest woman placed dots of red powder (for luck) on each man's forehead...
...patient diggers of the American School of Classical Studies last week finished their twelfth season of rooting into ancient Athens. They had concentrated on the Agora, or central public square, one of the oldest continually inhabitated spots on earth. Beneath the Agora, history and prehistory lie in deep-stacked layers. All the great trends in civilization have touched this enchanted area, as they are touching...
...line of this epic. As for the remainder of the editorial following the lead, it was felt that there was not much to be said--not in print. However, if you are really interested in learning something significant about the hot weather, it has been reliably asserted by the oldest inhabitant, "It really isn't the heat; it's the humidity...