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Even Wisconsin's Joe McCarthy, who bobbed up as a spectator to watch his principal prey under fire, amiably introduced himself when he encountered Acheson in a Senate elevator. "I'm Joe McCarthy," he announced. "I'm Dean Acheson," replied the Secretary, and the two shook hands and had their pictures taken. Later, McCarthy could not resist a sly dig. "Neither of us turned his back on the other," he told reporters. More characteristic was Wisconsin's senior Senator Alexander Wiley, another sharp critic of Acheson, who greeted him jovially with: "Well, Mr. Secretary...
...from his rostrum for one of his rare appeals to the House. Rayburn said nothing flashy, but his prestige wrapped dignity around his homilies. He reminded his colleagues that they lived in dangerous times, recalled the effectiveness of the Marshall Plan and warned them that the hungry fall easy prey to Communism. "We need friends in this world today as we never needed them before," he said. "I am for ... this bill because I think it will help us from a selfish standpoint; if for no other reason, I would be ... for passage...
...flock of Moors, Hall girls fell prey to the Death about three weeks ago, but the current attack is apparently limited to Barnard and Briggs...
Detective Sergeant Eleazar Le Blanc, who is temporarily taking over the investigation while Detective Sergeant James F. Murphy is on vacation, would not say yesterday if he had any new leads. He merely likened the police to bloodhounds, who "never stop until they find their prey," and spoke mysteriously of employing "the secret methods that police sometimes...
...Caple's special prey were butchers who had been reported for playing favorites with comely customers. If Mrs. Caple was able to charm them out of an extra cutlet, she then chilled them with a summons...