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...committee to list qualified prospects for some 200 key Government vacancies each year. When Democratic National Chairman Bill Boyle popped in, Harry Truman-as head chieftain of his party, a position not even dreamed of by the founding fathers-talked over the 65 speeches he would make on his ten-day "nonpolitical" tour beginning May 7. He rounded out the day as the unofficial symbol of U.S. conscience, bought the first buddy poppy from little Nancy Jo Nolan...
Died. Bainbridge Colby, 80, Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State from 1920 to 1921; after a ten-day illness; in Bemus Point, N.Y. A longtime foe of Communism, Colby wrote the note refusing U.S. recognition of the U.S.S.R. in 1920 ("It is not possible for the . . . United States to recognize the present rulers of Russia as a government with which the relations common to friendly governments can be maintained."), stood by his opinion...
This year as he waited his turn in the ten-day meet, there seemed a good chance that Brownie might fail again. In the three-hour field trials, dogs are judged not only for the number of birds or coveys they find but on their speed, range and obedience, their thoroughness in hunting, their style and manners in pointing, and their steadiness under gunfire. Last year's national champion, a pointer bitch named Sierra Joan, performed beautifully; so did a Winston-Salem, N.C. dog named Fast Delivery...
...eight-day ski trip to Cardigan and a ten-day excursion to Pinkham Notch both began last Friday, courtesy of the Appalachian Mountain Club...
...American World Airways will make two round trips a week, and daily round trips' from June through September, from New York to Rome, to carry U.S. pilgrims celebrating the Roman Catholic Holy Year. Pan Am, which does not have a scheduled route to Rome, will furnish ten-day, $698 all-expense tours...