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...Mexican government, by presidential decree, said no. The U.S., although its border was open to most Mexican cattle from September 1952 to May 1953, refused to let the Charolais in because they came from a tick-infested area. So early this year, without a by-your-leave from anyone, Gilly walked the herd across the drought-dried Rio Grande, and Broussard took them by truck to Louisiana...
...actual value of the herd by Government computation) in duty penalties. Last week federal officials were preparing to present their case against Broussard to a grand jury. Mexico demanded that the Charolais be returned, but the U.S., ever fearful of foot-and-mouth contagion and southern tick fever, wondered whether it shouldn't slaughter the cattle and wind up the case once...
...ailment was serious, and Taft, at 63, was stepping down as majority leader for the rest of the session, turning over the Senate's helm and acting leadership to Knowiand. Other Senators, drifting into the chamber, were unaware of the momentous change until the news began to tick in on the Marble Room teletypes. Newsmen, hurrying down to the Senate floor again, asked Taft to meet them in the President's Room. In a few minutes he obliged them, seated himself on a leather divan and cheerfully answered a barrage of questions from some 30 correspondents...
Very fitful, in the current Room Service, is the fun spawned of a shoestring producer living on tick with his cast while desperately trying to snag a backer. The whole first act is drearily obstreperous-for one reason because the cast plays straight to the audience, as though the backer could be found in the sixth row center. In the second act, both the play and the playing take on considerably more life. There is some funny pantomime, notably of the producer and two of his associates wolfing their first square meal in days. But there is never the faintest...
...established tick, Dr. Philip explains, is so pleased with his situation that almost nothing will force him to let go. He will hang on grimly, even while being killed by insecticides. He can drop away any time he wants to, but if pulled roughly he is apt to commit suicide by abandoning his mouth-parts...