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...Yong Ham of Korea won the annual BAA marathon yesterday in 2:32:39; John Lafferty was the first American, at 2:39:52; and David L. Smith '51 was the first Harvard finisher, somewhere around 4:20. Smith was 71st...
...Princeton, N.J., on his 71st birthday, Dr. Albert Einstein ignored the occasion, as usual, and went about his business at the Institute for Advanced Study...
Walter B. Pitkin, glum champion of happiness (Life Begins at Forty), announced that he would take no notice of his 71st birthday: "There won't be any candles on the cake because there won't be any cake. I never celebrate anything, not even Christmas. Every day is the same to me." When the big day came, he was still working hard at his newest guide to success, Make Life Worth Living...
Second Look. In Manhattan's 71st Regiment armory, lingerie models gave buyers a peep at the industry's new look in lingerie. It was exciting enough to start wags chasing models (see cut). But the new taffeta ruffled petticoats (some designed to show an inch below dresses), teddies trimmed with a six-inch embroidered net design, and haremlike ankle-length pantaloons for sleeping were serious business to the lingerie industry. Thanks to them, it hoped to boost its sales up from 1947's record high of about $430 million...
...Cheers. As the Legion's advance guard arrived this week, Legionnaires seemed a little puzzled by all the todo. They talked mostly about business. They had 800 resolutions to consider, ranging from veterans' housing to immigration. In Madison Square Garden and the 71st Infantry Regiment Armory, they would listen to a whole flock of headline speakers: Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, the Air Forces' Tooey Spaatz, Defense Secretary James Forrestal, New York's Governor Tom Dewey, and Britain's Captain Sir Ian Fraser, president of the British Legion...