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...Wayne Richardson, 51, veteran Associated Press correspondent in China, the Overseas Press Club's George Polk memorial award, for "courage, integrity and enterprise." Bound home from Hong Kong, balding, bespectacled "Pop" Richardson cancelled his plane reservation, signed up as radio operator on the U.S. freighter Flying Arrow. When Chinese Nationalists shelled the blockade runner off Shanghai (TIME, Jan. 16), Richardson got an exclusive story...
...Council also unanimously approved Burke's appointment of Robert P. Hyde '51 and William R. Polk '51 as chairman and vice-chairman respectively of next years Combined Charities Drive...
Drive Chairman William R. Polk '51 said yesterday, "This year's success is due, in the final analysis, to the fellows who went from door to door...
William R. Polk '51, Chairman of the Drive, last night urged everyone to sign up, whether they have given before or not. Whole blood, he said, spoils after three weeks and must be turned into plasma, and frequent donations are necessary to maintain whole blood in local blood banks...
...Polk also said, "Anyone in doubt about his ability to give blood should come down and let the doctors check...