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...Ogden, Utah celebrated the 80th anniversary of the day California's Governor Leland Stanford helped drive a golden spike into newly laid tracks at nearby Promontory Point, thus completing the nation's first transcontinental railroad...
...winning time not only clipped seconds off the old upstream record set by Spike Chase's crew in 1941, but it also demolished a 17-year-old downstream record established over a slightly shorter course. Which means, in short, that the Crimson has an even more excellent crew than usual this year, a crew which must be considered the overwhelming favorite to retain the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges 2,000 meter sprint championships at Syracuse this Saturday...
Despite his criticisms, the Nationalist government recognizes Kung as a powerful foe of Communism, and until recently distributed copies of his paper to Nationalist troops. If the Communists ever catch him, Kung is sure that they will kill him. But he does not intend to spike his editorial cannon. Says he: "Chih su pupien [unchangeable until...
Impromptu shows manage to crop up every now and then in spite of the fact that the station is run on a strict broadcasting schedule. Radio Radcliffe announcers like to ad lib Spike Jones records...
...fought on the field of civil rights. Before that issue was joined, North and South faced a preliminary skirmish over a new anti-filibuster rule. Under the proposed rule, two-thirds of the Senate could limit debate on any motion or measure. Southern Senators, well knowing that this would spike their guns in the civil rights fight, were set to filibuster the anti-filibuster rule to death, and Harry Truman knew it when he gave his order to Senate Majority Leader Scott Lucas...