Pilgrims and Players Boost Stratford Year for Shakespeare
Stratford upon Avon overflows with pilgrims and actors visiting Shakespeare's town. The Memorial Theatre presents Measure for Measure King and Much Ado About Nothing and King Lear. John Gielgud leads the cast in Much Ado, praising his work as the high water mark of his career. He plans to return to America later with The Lady's Not For Burning.
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No Rest For The Chinese Student
Peiping radio reports 5,000,000 peasant students in north China and Manchuria will study through spring planting and summer work. Mutual aid teams will handle chores part time allowing each student one or two hours daily to study.
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Mother Slays Sleeping Son in Vernon Shooting Case
In Vernon Connecticut Mrs Mary Guzman 55 allegedly entered her son Arthur Guzmans home before dawn and shot five bullets into him while he slept then beat his wife Dorothy with the pistol butt. Police say motives include grief over her husbands death and disapproval of her sons marriage and finances. Both women were hospitalized in satisfactory condition.
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Minaret Sealed After Wave of Suicides Near Delhi
Police closed the 234 foot Watb Minara tower south of Delhi amid a series of suicides linked to personal crises. The landmark built in 1190 by Qutb-Ud-Din has seen despairing lovers students and others jump from its top, prompting authorities to act and reduce winter home fires as a related concern.
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Prison escapee jailed after courtesy postcard
Haifa police traced Zvi Glass after he sent a postcard thanking officers for their attentive treatment. The note hinted he would soon leave Israel, but officers located him in a Haifa cafe and returned him to prison.
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Woman Fends Off Robber in Michigan Avenue Tug of War
A purse snatcher grabbed Mrs. Dovis Swanson on Michigan Avenue. She refused to release her bag and kicked the thief in the stomach, causing him to flee up an alley.
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Dovis Swanson
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