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Burke and his skippers loved nothing better than to bring their tin cans swooping into Blackett Strait, heeling them hard and sending giant waves to wash away Army and Marine latrines standing stilt-deep at water's edge (they tumbled best when top-heavy with occupants). For each such kill, a palm-thatched hut was painted on a destroyer bridge. This sport continued until an admiral, beseiged with Army complaints, collared Burke and roared: "Burke, if you or your men smash any more of these goddam privies, I'll see that...
Love of Planning. The Russians first defected from Communism when their ship, the oil tanker Tuapse, was seized by the Chinese Nationalists in the Formosa Strait about 20 months ago. No fewer than 20 of the Tuapse's, 49-man crew took political asylum in Formosa, and nine moved on last fall to New York...
...wild and woolly Western Australia, Australia's press-pothered Prime Minister Robert Menzies, 61, was asked by a newsman about rumors that he will soon resign. Snapped Politician Menzies: "I shall be certifiable [i.e., a candidate for a strait jacket] when I allow a few newspaper reporters to decide my future...
...motion to form a committee to investigate the possibility of forming a new Association newspaper was adopted by a 36 to 2 vote. Rodger H. Strait 3Dv, editor of the former "Scribe", will head the new committee. Strait supported the motion to abolish the newspaper...
...widespread effects. Short-wave communication about the globe was severely crippled, and telephone communications between New York, London and Rome were totally disrupted for several hours. For seven panicky hours the British Admiralty lost contact with the submarine Acheron, which was cruising in the frigid waters of Denmark Strait...