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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...famed war correspondent (John Randolph) has been vilified in print by his old right-wing extremist friend (Larry Gates) as a Communist-line lackey and a "drunken, immoral, yellow-bellied degenerate." An ace trial lawyer (Van Heflin) fights through to victory after the customary initial aw-shucks-not-another-case gambit. Of course there is the loyal, jittery, correspondent's wife, who wants to throw in the towel marked HIS. Of course there is the bright young legal eaglet who breaks the case wide open by being able to read an incriminating scrap of paper upside down...
Died. Oscar Schwidetsky, 88, director of research for New Jersey's Becton, Dickinson & Co., manufacturers of medical supplies, who in 60 inventive years developed the elasticized Ace bandage, used the world over for sprains and varicose veins, the disposable morphine syringe carried in first aid kits, hypodermic needles that enable doctors to transfuse RH-factor babies through the umbilical vein: following a stroke; in Hackensack...
Perhaps the only interesting contest of the meet will be sophomore ace Walt Hewlett versus the clock. Hewlett lost his first race of the season last week to Cornell's Jim Byard, but he will probably be out to redeem himself in New York today. He will also not face any stiff competition until he meets Byard again in the Heps; none of the other Ivy schools have runners of equivalent caliber...
What was supposed to be a tight duel between Byard, Hewlett, Cornell's Steve Machooka and two Brown runners turned into a runaway as the Big Red's ace trotted home in front by 100 yards. His time of 24:50 was six seconds of the Franklin Park course record set by Hewlett against B.U. on Tuesday...
...Hewlett who dominated the race, just as he ran away with last week's meet with Providence. No one has come within 44 seconds of the Crimson ace yet this year...