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...steel (see above), he was the model of patient reasonableness. But when he was asked if he would serve if he were drafted for another term, the Truman jaw jutted out, the presidential voice snapped: he would not accept the nomination, and that ends that. What about the smear rumor that General Eisenhower is in poor health? Eisenhower is in perfect health, said the President with earnest conviction, and as fine a man as ever walked. Then he relaxed and chuckled that the general is just beginning to find out what happens to a candidate...
They were off and running on a fast track at Wellesley this morning, as Waban seniors officially pushed the 1952 outdoor season into high gear. Rumor has it that a long-shot filly coasted in over the tried and proven mudders in the Hoop Downs classic, but the name and odds of the winner have not yet come in over local wires...
...Petroleum, is on record that "the workers must equip themselves to run the mine: effectively without the assistance of the owners." Paz almost certainly still intends to nationalize the mines, but he apparently means to go slow. For one thing, recognition from Washington may depend on moderation. One rumor circulating in La Paz is that the government will take over the entire dollar income of the mine owners, and pay them in Bolivian currency at a loaded rate to hold profits down...
...into history, the hunt is on again for signed, original Hitlers. He himself remembered having painted 300 pictures, but got back only 50 of them. Last week German dealers were scrabbling for the 250 paintings that may theoretically remain. Mainly to spur search, some of them were encouraging the rumor that a first-class Hitler might bring as much...
Upon completion of either program, students receive commissions as Second Lieutenants in the Marine Corps. Contrary to rumor, Elder declared, newly commissioned Second Lieutenants do not automatically become "cannon fodder." He revealed that a recent survey of the latest Officer Candidate Class showed that of 515 duty assignments, only 116 were sent to replacement centers in California, the others receiving stateside billets or admission to specialist schools...