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...current U.S. policy towards China. His bright yellow dispatch case bulging with documents, Secretary Acheson took his weary bones up to Capitol Hill for a closed session with the Republicans. When it was over, the Secretary, like Cardinal Wolsey, needed a little earth for charity. Minnesota's tireless Walter H. Judd, onetime China medical missionary, who believes that the U.S. could still save China from the Reds if it only tried, had taken a short aim on the Secretary of State. Said Judd: "U.S. policy could almost be expressed in four words: first, aid to China was 'unnecessary...
...Tireless and amazingly agile for his size, Mikan kept wearing down fresh men sent in to guard him. He gobbled up rebounds from both backboards, made blind passes on the fast break, fed the ball to his teammates from his pivot slot. When the game was over, the Lakers had won a close one (78-76), and Mike Mikan had added 30 more points to his season's total (1,091) while Fulks was picking...
...pros (and a sprinkling of amateurs) readied themselves for the big push, the man who held the top spot by virtue of his temperament, tireless diligence and many more qualities, was slim, wiry William Ben Hogan, 36, of Fort Worth, the U.S. Open champion and one of the greatest tournament players in U.S. golf's 54-year major-tournament history...
Died. Nellie Wallace, 78, tireless, buck-toothed British music-hall comedienne, who for nearly 40 years was a popular turn at London's famed Palladium with her shrill Cockney songs, red flannel underwear and tattered feather boa; of bronchitis, contracted the day after a performance before the King and Queen; in London...
...Journal's earnings: $38,279.) Evjue decides which stories to play, and personally covers important legislative hearings. His signed editorials, dictated in a hoarse hog-call, frequently run on Page One; the overflow of his opinions fills a column ("Hello, Wisconsin"). A teetotaler, Evjue is a tireless foe of liquor and gamblers. A deer lover, he won't let his copy desk use "sportsman" in hunting stories (in the Times, a hunter is a hunter...