Word: touche
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Boydstun got in touch with the killer's father, W. E. Cook of Joplin, Mo., and asked for permission to claim the body-a wealthy Comanche man, he explained blithely, wanted to pay for the funeral as a memorial for a wayward son. Cook agreed. Then Undertaker Boydstun told the local newspapers to stand by, took off for California in his hearse, claimed Billy, performed a quick embalming job, brought the body back to Comanche, dressed it in a neat blue pinstripe suit with black necktie, and put it on display...
...stood at attention, the original copies of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, temporarily kept in the Library of Congress, were put this week in their permanent home in the National Archives Exhibition Hall. Their home is a big glass showcase which, at the touch of a button, sinks slowly through the floor into a huge vault in the cellar. The 50-ton safe, a bombproof, thiefproof, fireproof stronghold with 15-in. thick walls and 5-ton armored doors will keep the historic documents as safe as the gold in Fort Knox...
With strength in almost every department, the Crimson is most powerful in the free-style events, particularly the sprints. "I think we can make a showing against Yale in the sprints," Ulen said. "But nobody can touch them in the distance events...
Other first round matches must be played before Christmas vacation. Entrants should consult the seeding and matching lists at Hemenway and get in touch with their opponent as soon as possible...
...Touch of Reality. In Pittsburgh, James Merrian, bent on suicide, leaped from a bridge into the Ohio River, but swam quickly to shore, was hauled onto the bank by two bystanders and explained to police: "That water was too cold; I never knew it would be like that...