Spillane Considers Quitting Mike Hammer Run of Violence
Mickey Spillane at 36 says postwar public weary of violence may push him to end Mike Hammer tales He plans Tonight I Die as last Hammer novel and wants fiction focused on mood and character He cites 60 million copies sold and seven thrillers to date.
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Eee Boyle
New York
Mickey Spillane
Mike Hammer
Mike
Sherlock Holmes
Spillane
Muscle Mike
Mickey
Rotary Clubs Grow Along Iron Curtain
Rotary International expands in the Cold War era with West Germany’s 66th Rotary Club chartered in Marburg. After Hitler banned and dissolved clubs in 1934, Rotary returned with the 1949 West German Republic. German membership now exceeds 2,200, with five or six new clubs chartered yearly.
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Marburg
Germany
Rotary International
Soviet Union
West Germany
Rotary Club
Adolf Hitler
West German
Rotary
World Championship Bridge Hand Highlights Odds and Play
World Championship Match of 1954 hand analyzed by Oswald Jacoby. North's two bid surprised experts while Doug Steen opened diamonds and faced a tough decision on trumps and finesses. Besse dropped Steen's king with clubs, prompting discussion of lead strategies and trump management in slam contracts.
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Oswald Jacoby
NEA
Monte Carlo
Karl Schneider
Jean Besse
Doug Steen
California
Declarer
Besse
Steen
West
Wet Words ACROSS Poetry of Easter Date
The puzzle lists across and down clues from a word grid with themes of water liquid action and religious terms. It notes April 19 as the most frequent Easter date and includes entries for water places titles and items like bowls crowns chef terms and animals.
Original Leaders Win Second Democratic Primary
Three leaders from the first primary advance to Saturday runoffs as unofficial returns shape the results. In the Fifth District Robert D. Rouse Jr. defeats Luther Hamilton Jr. for the solicitorship, in the Seventh District Lester V. Chalmers leads Robert Atten, and in the 14th Basil L. Whitener beats Thomas Lane Jr. Additional state races include Gene Blythe defeating McIntyre for the State Senate and several House races. The State Board of Elections will meet July 12 to canvass returns and certify winners.
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Raleigh
Robert D. Rouse Jr
Farmville
Luther Hamilton Jr
Morehead City
Wiliam J. Bundy
Greenville
Rouse
Hamilton
Lester V. Chalmers
Robert Atten
Fuquay Springs
Chalmers
William Y. Bickett
Basil L. Whitener
Gastonia
T Homas
Lane Jr
Charlotte
Mary
Mecklenburgee
Gene
Jack) Blythe
McIntyre
Anante
Blythe
Pamlico
T. J. Coll
J. Manson McLees
Washington
J. M. Phelps
FE. C. Arnold
Haywood
Jerry Rogers
R. E. Sentelle
State Board of Elections
Towels Only Parade After Bathhouse Clothes Theft
A line of men wearing only towels marched along a Tokyo Asakusa street after their clothes were stolen from a public bathhouse. Police investigated the theft and the incident drew curious onlookers.
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Tokyo
Asakusa
Besse Uses Ace of Clubs to Seal Slam in Trump Play
The article describes a bridge hand where West errors by allowing a trump finesse. Besse, holding the ace of clubs, leads the ace on the first round of trumps, forcing declarer to a winning slam. West’s eagerness for the finesse is exposed, and Besse secures the contract efficiently.
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Declarer
West
Besse
Woman From Nearby Town Visits Raleigh For First Time
Mrs Polly Caudle of a nearby town, aged 11, unexpectedly visits Raleigh after never having been to the capital before. Her nephew brought her to the city last weekend, noting she was seldom asked to travel.
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Raleigh
N.C
Polly Caudle
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