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...Position Made Clear. Within five days after the announcement, Warren flew to Washington, arriving just 14 hours before he was sworn in. This week he was digging into his new job, facing one of the busiest and most important terms in the court's history. Before the court's next recess, it will probably have to dispose of more than 1,200 cases. Most explosive on the list: five cases challenging the constitutionality of segregation in public schools. Warren is known to be against race discrimination, but he also is known to be a guardian of states...
Trouble Insurance. Lewis, it turned out, had run Yonkers Raceway as though he owned it. The management meekly agreed to hire hoodlums and ex-convicts brought in by Lewis and ignored the state law requiring sworn affidavits outlining their backgrounds. In the three years that Yonkers Raceway has been operating, the management also shelled out $165,000 to four labor "troubleshooters." The payoffs were made to prevent "labor disturbances" which might close the track...
Warren, appointed by Eisenhower to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Fred M. Vinson, is scheduled to be sworn in Monday. But the Senate, which must approve the appointment, is in recess and will not convene again until January...
...tree-lined Southern Rhodesian capital of Salisbury (pop. 53,000), jovial Sir Godfrey Huggins, 70, was sworn in last week as Prime Minister of British Central Africa, the brand-new federation of the British protectorates of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland and the self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia. Sir Godfrey adjusted his spectacles, tuned in his hearing aid and almost shouted his oath of allegiance to the Crown. For Sir Godfrey, a lively and sure-handed surgeon with a flair for colonial politics, a 30-year dream had come true...
Admiral at Work. Burger simply seized the ships, then let them continue operating under the same officers. But he first had both captain and first mate sworn in as deputy U.S. marshals, with the duty of impounding all profits made by the vessel. To accomplish this, Burger had to get the owners' agreement to the arrangement. They were willing because their only alternatives were to keep the seized ship at anchor (at a cost of $1,000 to $2,000 a day), or put up bond equal to its value. As a result, Burger is now running so many...