Chicago GOP Convention Faces Housing Crush Ahead
More than 8,000 rooms in downtown Chicago are booked and 4,000 more, some up to 17 miles away, are assigned as 25,000 delegates newsmen and technicians prepare for the Republican convention, slated to begin July 7. Officials expect many visitors by July 4 amid a housing squeeze and a rejected request for four South Pacific tickets.
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Osco Drugs
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Brain surgery claims and parolees mix in odd tale
The piece recounts Wright, paroled in 1949 after a two year sentence for burglary, who sought an honest life via science in prison. While incarcerated in 1947 he requested frontal lobotomy, offered by Dr. Koskoff, claiming it would curb crime. Wright notes he later worked as a hospital orderly and for a candy firm. The snippet ends with a note that smiling uses 13 facial muscles.
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Russians Boycott Finnish Army Day Parade
In Helsinki Russians stayed away from Finland’s Army Day parade marking Mannerheim’s birthday. Only 2,200 soldiers marched as Soviet and Communist outlets denounced the event as fascist. Finland’s army remains limited and poorly equipped under postwar treaties while a new Soviet legation building faces resistance from Moscow.
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Sudden Recall to Moscow Precedes Death Report
A report states he was recalled to Moscow where, later, it was announced he had died. The terse movements imply a military or official context without detailing circumstances or identity.
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Language leaders in science and diplomacy claim English
The National Geographic Society states English is now the most widely used language worldwide, surpassing German in science and French in diplomacy.
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