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...Babcock of the Maintenance Department have been unfair to a superb creature when you refer to the Memorial Hall pigeon-killer as a "huge chicken hawk." Leaving aside the fact there is no recognized species of "chicken hawk," this particular bird is a Duck Hawk (Falco peregrinus anatum), the American version of the falcon, traditionally used for hunting...
...Chief worried about possible decimation of the College's pigeon population. "They're multiplying so damn fast they're becoming a nuisance," he said...
...ornithologist doubted that the hawk or hawks were solely responsible for the 75 pigeon carcasses found in the Memorial Hall tower Friday by James Babcock, sub-foreman of the Maintenance Department. Duck hawks are only half as meaty as pigeons, he says, and would hardly eat more than one third of the pigeon...
Intent Man. At 53, Forrest Sherman is the youngest man (and first career airman) to be Chief of Naval Operations. A stocky man (5 ft. 9 in., 168 Ibs.) with a rolling, pigeon-toed gait, he has none of the traditional sea dog's look of shaggy-browed sternness. His smile is quick, friendly but curiously remote. His eyes appraise impersonally without open -approval or rancor, like the eyes of an airman inspecting an engine. Always, he keeps an air of detachment...
...first provision attacked by the petitions, which bear over 2,000 names is the "stool pigeon" clause, This clause compels students to inform upon their fellows who have associated with any organizations listed as subversive by the Attorney General...