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...Sacramento to plead personally for Chessman's life. Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Nelson Hungria, principal author of the Brazilian penal code (no capital punishment), declared that "Caryl Chessman is the most eloquent assurance of the need to wipe out once and for all the death penalty, that ugly stain on civilization." Much of the save-Chessman agitation around the world has little or no connection with the general debate over capital punishment. It arises partly out of compassion, sometimes tinged with admiration, for his twelve-year battle to stave off execution-his self-publicized role as underdog, fighting alone...
...blood that was shed in the Temple Baptist Church spread in a widening stain through Lebanon, Tenn. last week; nobody seemed able to talk about anything else except the Rev. Randy Pike's "special service...
Dilworth recognized the voice. It belonged to the lady on the serving line who always tried for his tie with her ladle of gravy. So far, he had successfully fended her off, but she was becoming alarmingly accurate of late. Once, she had even managed to stain the fire dragon on his Japanese vest...
...method of waiting for an obvious malignancy to appear. Then Dr. George Papanicolaou of Cornell University Medical College devised his revolutionary method of early detection: smearing body secretions on glass slides for microscopic study of cells. In thousands of doctors' offices, the now standard Papanicolaou technique is to stain cells with polychrome dyes. Seen in the visible spectrum of light, the dyes readily emphasize the structure of malignant cells...
Vinyl Steel. U.S. Steel announced a vinyl-coated sheet steel intended to compete with stainless steel, anodized aluminum, porcelain-enameled steel, etc. in many furniture, appliance and automobile interior uses. The scratch-and stain-resistant vinyl coating withstands up to 30% stretching without separating, makes possible many new shaping operations. Price (on 24-gauge steel...