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Pico Peak in Rutland is one of the oldest and finest areas in the state. A new Mueller double chair was added two years ago to supplement two T-bars and a J-bar. The late Carl Acker's ski school at Pico was one of the first to bring European technique to North America. The base lodge is small and cheery and a wide variety of ticket plans is available. In nearby Plymouth, Roundtop Mountain will open for business for the first time this year with a 4800 foot double chair and a T-bar. Andree Mead Lawrence...
...libertine and convicted pimp-was cremated in the London suburb of Mortlake. Though his solicitor had asked that no flowers be sent, there was a wreath of two hundred roses from, among others, Playwrights John Osborne and Arnold Wesker, Critic Kenneth Tynan, Novelists Angus Wilson and Alan Sillitoe, Jazzman Acker Bilk (who later withdrew his name). With the flowers came a note: "To Stephen Ward, victim of British hypocrisy." Explained Tynan: "British society created him, used him, and ruthlessly destroyed him. The Establishment has closed its ranks around its body...
...Acker Bilk, king of the trad men, is a chap with a name that has probably caused Charles Dickens to stir in his grave, tap his foot and smile. A 32-year-old former Somersetshire blacksmith. Bilk acquired his skills on the clarinet in an army guardhouse after he fell asleep on sentry duty. Wearing bowler hats and striped waistcoats Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band are half New Orleans and half Somerset cider, thumping out numbers like Run Come See Jerusalem and Ory's Creole Trombone, while Bilk makes Louis Armstrong-style comments. At last year...
...aghast as anyone at Renard's disregard for orderly processes. In the debate on Eyskens' controversial bill, Socialist members made it clear they were prepared to compromise if a face-saving device could be found. "We must discuss things together," admitted Socialist ex-Premier Achille van Acker. In return, Eyskens agreed to consider a Socialist amendment. Then, exhausted, the Premier fainted in the Chamber, was led away to a sickbed before the vote on the measure brought victory to the government...
Columbia: Singles--Moglen (C) d. Weld (H), 7-5, 6-4; Bowditch (H) d. Patterson (C), 6-3, 6-1; Vinton (H) d. Silbiger (C), 6-3, 6-0; Standel (C) d. Lemann (H), 6-1, 6-2; Wood (H) d. Acker (C), 6-0, 6-1; Cameron (H) d. Mencher (C), 6-1, 6-2. Doubles--Weld-Bowditch (H) d. Moglen-Patterson (C), 6-3, 6-4; Wood-Lemann (H), d. Silbiger-Standel (C), 8-6, 2-6, 6-2; Pratt-L. Smith (H) d. Acker-Mencher...