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...said that they had "tried to escape." None of the four was armed. Kikuyu (including at least one woman) have also been shot dead "while trying to wrest a Sten gun from a guard"-although the settlers all swear the Kikuyu are a cowardly, not a desperately suicidal, people. Stray Kikuyu picked up by the commandos in the forests (called jungilis), who may or may not be working with Mau Mau gangs, are asked for information. They are seldom prepared to talk...
...strength in Israel, which remained small despite immigration from Eastern Europe. So the 2,500,000 Jews behind the Iron Curtain have become scapegoats and decoys for the big Communist purges now underway. How many will die or disappear, no one can guess: western eyes can only grub for stray hints in the Soviet press...
...mighty careful, for Russian-held territory lies on every side. The only rifle range found suitable for U.S. troops is adjacent to popular, perennially crowded Wannsee Beach. One morning two weeks ago, as Major General Lemuel Mathewson's sharpshooters were at their daily target practice, a stray bullet nicked a seven-year-old girl building castles in the Wannsee sand. The child recovered nicely, but the general, to play safe, ordered the beach closed on weekday mornings thereafter...
...small, dark fellow named Dennis George Muldowney. In his rough-cut way, Dennis tried to make her job a little pleasanter. When at last she quit after refusing to clean out the passengers' lavatories, Dennis followed her to London, where he hung around her like a stray dog. In time he became a pest. Christine complained to the police...
...waiting for the party leadership to swing its decisive blocs of uncommitted delegates to a specific candidate. Not so the Democratic Party's hopefuls. Last week the three leading contenders of the moment were busily beating the bushes across the land in hopes of flushing a few stray delegates, and perhaps of catching the bosses' eyes...