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...North. Neither 20,000 Moroccan
militiamen nor the private guard forces of nationalist political
parties were enough to keep order. One week's incidents in Morocco:
...appetite for live horseflesh. Last month he spotted another likely winner: a neurotic chestnut trotter named Fabliau, given to temper tantrums and the quaint habit of kicking his racing rig to pieces. After paying 80,000 francs for the horse, Auteroche spared him from the butcher's pistol, had him gelded instead. "The operation," he says proudly, "was a complete success. Fabliau is now so gentle he's a household pet. For company we've let him have a cow as a stable mate. I think the cow has a homey, comforting influence that makes him happy...
...Roman court auction of confiscated goods, Italy's ailing Red Boss Palmiro Togliatti popped up as the only bidder for a treasured souvenir, a ,38-cal. pistol, plus four cartridges (one unfired), the implements of an assassination try made on Togliatti in 1948 by a Sicilian student. Going, going, gone...
This race began what cross country coach Bill McCurdy has termed "the new look" refers to the "telegraphic meet," little used outside of rifle and pistol teams...
...term "telegraphic meet" includes various means of communication between two teams competing at a distance. Although neither rifle, pistol, nor cross country teams have specifically used the telegraph, the wires have been subsidized by a few colleges, but particularly by civic organizations, such as YMCAs. The Crimson uses the U.S. mails...