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Officials announced that a lighted cigarette fell from an ashtray onto the sofa and set the room ablaze. The firemen got the fire under control by throwing the burning furniture out of the windows...
...Yale Dally News, however, reported yesterday that the rooms were "clean, well kept," and inspectors had found "only minor infractions" of the rules. Among these were kerosene lamps with extra fuel. One student had stolen extra pillows from the supply service to put on his sofa, said the Daily News, but outside of this, "everyone has cooperated well...
...stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening...
...Dolls and Call Me Madam are still harder to get than rush-hour seats in the Manhattan subways. But, for roughly the price of a ticket, a theater fan anywhere can hear the shows tunes just as they sound from the stage without stirring from the living-room sofa...
Last week, sponsored by Trans World Airlines, Mr. and Mrs. Blandings (Sun. 5:30 p.m., NBC) reached radio, which is even more frightened and fascinated by sex than the movies are. Listeners were asked to visualize a firelit room, shaded lamps, a deep-cushioned sofa and a shakerful of Martinis. Against a background of Tchaikovsky, they eavesdropped on Cary Grant and Actress Betsy Drake (his wife both in radio and life), reminiscing about their courtship and honeymoon. Producer-Writer Nat Wolff (who is getting "dialogue assists" from Actress Drake) wants to picture "a very attractive couple...