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...Ninth Life. Brown said he was "deeply sorry" about the outcome. He was "powerless," he said, to take any further action in the Chessman case. "The regular schedule of executions will continue under the constitution and laws of the State of California." Under that schedule Caryl Chessman was notified once again that he would be executed. The date: next...
Married. Princess Padmavati Raje, 19, daughter of western India's Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior; and Maharaja Kirit Bikram of Tripura, 23, powerless (since India's independence in 1947) chief of a small, warrior-caste state in northeast India; in a Bombay ceremony that was preceded by a two-mile-long procession of brass bands, clowns, torch bearers and lancemen, was attended by a brigade of India's richest princes, saw an exchange of gifts valued at some...
With an enthusiasm rarely shown against non-Ivy opponents, the varsity soccer team crushed a powerless Wesleyan eleven here yesterday, 4 to 0. The Crimson added three last-period goals to Tadgh Sweeney's second-quarter tally in a remarkable surge of scoring power...
...managed only a field goal in losing to a twice-beaten Princeton eleven, 10 to 3. It was the first Tiger victory over a Harvard eleven in ten years. One week later, a nonchalant varsity, with seven first-string players watching Yale play in New Haven, barely edged a powerless Brown squad...
Repeatedly during the 20-minute, standing-up conversation, Warren held clenched fists before him, handcuffed-style, said: "Look, I'm handcuffed, really handcuffed." As Chief Justice, he explained, he could not hold news conferences to refute "lying" stories, was powerless to defend himself. "Have you read the book?" asked Mazo. When Warren admitted that he had only read excerpts in Look magazine and some book reviews, it was Polish-born, South Carolina-raised Earl Mazo who blew up. Said he: "I hope to God for the sake of the country that your decisions are based on much more full...