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...plan to extend the Korean war, but they conceded that the time might come when the U.S. would have to try it. They expressed personal admiration for MacArthur, yet they backed up President Truman entirely in firing him. They agreed that the handling of the firing was bungled (Admiral Sherman had wanted to send George Marshall to Tokyo "to straighten the matter out"). They hoped that the Korean war might be ended by their present, limited-war strategy-but no one of them could say how it would be done. Except for small details and shadings, the U.S. Army, Navy...
Income from the Philo Sherman Bennett Prize fund will go to Burton Norman Bromson '51 for his essay, "Benjamin Nathan Cardozo: An Analysis of Philosophical, Legal, and Political Thought." Kurt Philip Tauber 4G has won the Chase Prize for his thesis, "The Foundations of the Doctrine of Self-Defense." The Summer Prize will go to Karl Wolfgang Deutsch 5G for an essay entitled, "Nationalism and Social Communication...
...natives of Kennebunkport, Me. (pop. 1,448) did not take to Maurice Sherman, the new owner of the Old Fort Inn. A go-getting type, Sherman was from New York. He took over in 1945, added a cocktail lounge and built a Colonial Room. "Brings New York's night life to Maine," the Old Fort's newfangled folders said...
Last week the two outraged property owners sued Sherman for damages in Maine's superior court. Elliott's caretaker testified that he had heard Sherman tell his caretaker: "Cut the trees. To hell with them. Let 'em sue. All they can get is the cost of the trees and we'll have a clear view of the ocean." Elliott appraised his trees at only $2,800, and Mrs. Collin figured hers were worth $1,350. But the jury was outraged. It increased the damages to $5,000 apiece, then found that the damage had been done...
Other Junior Fellows are Avram N. Chomsky of Philadelphia, a linguist, who received his A.B. in 1949 and his A.M. in 1951 from the University of Pennsylvania; Sherman L. Davis of Buffalo, a historian, who received his A.B. in 1946 and his A.M. in 1947 from the University of Buffalo; Allen Mandelbaum of New York City, a history and English scholar, who received his A.B. from Yeshiva University in 1945 and his A.M. from Columbia in 1946; and Richard P. Smith of Garland, Utah, a chemist, who received his A.B. from the University of Utah...