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...million a year ago. While unemployment in Japan is still low, the gloomy foreign-trade picture (1953 deficit: $313 million) has been darkened by a 20% decrease in spending by U.S. security forces. Belgium and Luxembourg, who depend mainly on exports of steel and capital goods, are feeling the pinch of lower world demand and prices...
Rain-chased from Fenway Park, the Red Sox yesterday drilled for two hours in Briggs Cage. The practice was high-lighted by Ted Williams' first heavy batting practice since he broke his collar bone. Harvard coaches and players watched the injured slugger, who may be ready to pinch hit this weekend...
...Parents who telephone a hospital emergency room crying that a child has swallowed poison are told to make the youngster vomit if possible (by tickling the throat with a spoon handle). Then they should take the child and a sample of the poison (the vomitus will serve in a pinch) to the hospital right away. There, the old-fashioned stomach pump is still the mainstay of treatment...
...pitching of Fred Gerulskis, the Crimson faded away during the next two innings while Tufts worked ahead to a three-run lead at the middle of the sixth. A cheap single by Billy Cleary put Cooke across in the bottom of the inning, and hits by Ed Krinsky and pinch hitters Bill Chauncey and George Anderson brought the team back just in time in the seventh...
Cleary scored again in the sixth on a walk and a long triple against the left centerfield fence by Butters. A sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Billy Chauncey scored Butters...