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Measured in terms of laughter and anger, the conference was as lively as anything since the testiest press go-rounds of Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman. There was a roar of good, natural laughter when the President expressed the modest certainty that the State Department would not ignore the suggestions of his brother Milton, after his five-week goodwill trip through Latin America. There was reportorial anger over the news leak on the Warren appointment (see PRESS). And the President in turn was angered when a reporter asked for his version of ex-Secretary of Labor Martin Durkin...
...twisting Monza speedway near Milan last week, the roar of 80,000 voices mingled with the thunder of racing engines. Round and round the four-mile track swept 32 powerful, low-slung cars piloted by some of the world's finest drivers. Mostly the crowd kept its eyes on one racer: No. 4, the bright red Ferrari driven by Italy's Alberto Ascari. For 55 of the 80 laps, Driver Ascari hung back, jockeying for position, then made his move and shot into the lead. On the last lap, still ahead by 20 yards, Ascari saw a rival...
...with his famed bolo punch. From the tenth round on, Basilio's left eye was swollen shut; he fought on half-blind, but when he landed one, the champion's knees buckled. At the 14th round, the crowd was on its feet cheering; at the 15th, the roar drowned out the bell-both champion and challenger kept slugging away until the referee stepped in. On the officials' score cards, Gavilan's masterful boxing overrode both Basilio's early advantage and his later courage. The decision: Gavilan, by a split vote...
Nationalize Only Water. A barrage of left-wing demands for restoration of food subsidies, cuts in purchase taxes and a campaign for unrestricted wage rises bounced off the walls. Out of the din came the roar of bulky T.U.C. Vice Chairman Arthur Deakin. "What you're demanding, brothers," he cried, "is the economics of bedlam." Again the dissidents were voted down. The left-wing Amalgamated Engineering Union proposed a united campaign "for the early defeat and removal of the Tory government"-surely a natural undertaking for the body that gave birth to the Labor Party and represented the core...
...September peak, still are almost four times as great as before Korea. Even such sick industries as textiles were showing signs of recovery. In ironic contrast to the pessimism of cautious capitalists like Odlum, the C.I.O.'s top economist, Stanley Ruttenberg, felt sure that the boom would roar on unabated all year...