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...last week, Censor Dönges had banned 260 publications, 133 of them from the U.S. Most were comics, pulps, detective chillers. But on his "B" list of "suspect" magazines, liable to banning, were many general U.S. magazines. Latest to feel the sting of Dönges' whip were bookstores. A fortnight ago, he ordered that all imported books be kept unopened in specially sealed bags until customs men could inspect them for "contraband" literature. In Johannesburg, there was a single customs man to cover 25 booksellers. Harried by clamoring customers, their stores crammed with unopened parcels, the booksellers...
...left hook, thrown wildly from Marciano's awkward, hunched crouch, caught Joe flush on the jaw and sent him tumbling to the canvas. Louis had been knocked down in other bouts, and each time he had come up fighting. He did this time too, but there was no sting left to his blows, nothing to make a man back down before his attack. Rocky moved in for the knockout...
...Gentle Sting...
...insect sting is another man's poison. In Rye, N.Y. last week, Charles Pilger Jr., 28, was stung by a bee, died a few minutes later when his swollen larynx closed. In Vancouver, B.C., 17-month-old Mark Bennett, who had toddled into a wasp nest, been stung 477 times, went home from the hospital completely recovered after 20 days of treatment (with penicillin, ACTH and antihistamines). ¶ Four Brooklyn doctors have found that an extract from the liver of pregnant cows gives prompt relief to most of their cases of osteoarthritis (by far the commonest form of arthritis...
...Houston's wealthy Oilman Glenn McCarthy, charged with reckless driving, the justice of the peace ordered the hearing moved to the city hall auditorium. There, in festive fashion, the spectators drank pop, rolled the bottles down the aisle, heard the justice fine McCarthy $5 plus costs. The sting was poulticed later by inviting the defendant to attend Texas City's fair next week. McCarthy not only agreed to come, but said he would lead the parade, riding on a Palomino pony...