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...House refused (207 to 161) to allow sailors to eat oleo with their meals as soldiers and airmen already do, except in some overseas areas or when butter surpluses are depleted. Dairy-bloc Congressmen lead a successful fight to keep intact a Navy Ration Act put through by Theodore Roosevelt to provide bluejackets with 1 6/10 ounces of "butter" a day, to prevent scurvy and beriberi...
...crack Third Colonial Parachute Regiment. A martinet but the idol of his men, Bigeard whipped them into shape by running them as much as 15 miles at a time. He made them shave every day, no matter where they were, doled out raw onions instead of the traditional wine ration because "wine reduces stamina." With all-night marches and sudden paratroop raids, he won every engagement, became so successful at outwitting the rebels ("He thinks like a fellagha," says one of his officers) that the army put him in charge of a special school which next month will begin...
Scheiner, who demonstrated fine control on both these outings, will hopefully reduce the ration of walks distributed lately by Crimson pitchers. Varsity opponents have drawn 16 free passes in the last two games...
...consumes 55% of the free world's oil. it has only 15% of the free world's reserves, enough to last a dozen years at current production rates. As consumption rises, the U.S. must depend increasingly on foreign oil if it wants to maintain even that slim ration...
master, Morphy. He eclipsed such comparative greybeards as Samuel Reshevsky, 46, and Arthur Bisguier, 28, to win the U.S. title. The Fédération Internationale des Echecs made a special gesture of naming him an International Master of Chess. Said Bobby last week in his adolescent whine: "They shoulda made me a Grand Master." Win, Win, Win. "None of the great ones ever accomplished so much so early," says Hans Kmoch, secretary of the Manhattan Chess Club, where Bobby practices. The son of parents who were divorced when he was two, Bobby grew up under his mother...