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Next day it was overwhelming. Seated in the royal chair, under glaring floodlights, Elizabeth opened the State Parliament of New South Wales by commanding the Usher of the Black Rod to summon the legislators "to attend me in this House." Nothing happened: the legislators were not ready. Seven slow minutes ticked away, while Philip tapped his foot and the unsmiling Queen moistened her lips. Eventually, when the legislators arrived, most of them were so flustered that they forgot to bow to their Queen...
Portable Escort. A tiny but clamorous siren for unescorted women to carry at night was put on sale by Dallas' Atlas Alarm Corp. Noisy enough to be heard a quarter of a mile away, the spring-powered siren is intended to scare off molesters and summon rescuers. Price...
This reduction of draftees is possible because of the cease fire in Korea. In Massachusetts alone, Nyhan indicated, officials will summon only 607 men this month whereas 1,707 were inducted last January. The prediction for January's number of draftees in the entire nation is 20,000 as compared...
...Javitt bill would protect those witnesses whom the committees do summon, for accusations based on secret testimony cannot be rebutted, as President Pusey pointed out in his replay to McCarty's charges against Wendell Furry. Under the reform bill no committee member could release any sort of report or statement about the proceedings of closed sessions without majority permission. If such permission is given, the committee must furnish the witness with a stenographic copy of the testimony at the executive session...
...second time this year, Communist-hunting congressmen will summon Wendell H. Furry, associate professor of Physics, for testimony before an investigating committee, it was learned over the weekend...