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...draw, a thick drawl and the sprawl of the Far West in his gait. Last week the picture cowboy was put to shame by a cowpoke from the wide open spaces of Peekskill, N.Y. Hard-riding Harry Tompkins. who learned his trade on a Catskill dude ranch, was named all-round world-champion cowboy of 1952 by the Rodeo Cowboys' Association...
...All-Round Coverage. Du Pont Co. announced it will soon build a plant to produce Mylar, a new Cellophane-like film which it claims is two to eight times stronger than other films and unaffected by wide-range temperature changes. Mylar will be chiefly used as an electrical insulator, in packaging, and as a magnetic recording tape. Price: $3 a lb. v. 55? for Cellophane...
Founded in 1837 by sturdy Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, the school dominates the tiny town of Davidson, in the Pledmont region of North Carolina. The small men's college operates under the belief that its primary aim should be the all-round development of each of its students. For this reason, equal emphasis is placed on the religious, the physical, and the social facets of education, in addition to academic growth...
...linemen--Johnny Beer and George Baker, starting insides last season, and Juan Vollenweider and Steve Joyce, who both alternated at the outsides. These four may well break into the first team lineup before long, according to Munro. Bill Cowperthwaite and Dick Elwell are reserves, with Frank Davies a valuable all-round utility man who can kick equally well with either foot...
...sooner does Mike set eyes on Pat than he signs her to an all-round sports contract. As Mike puts it, "She's nicely packed. Not much meat on her, but what's there is cherce." Mike puts Pat on an ironclad training schedule, along with his heavyweight fighter Hucko (Aldo Ray) and his horse Little Nell. But deep down, Mike is a sentimental slob; before long, whenever he looks at Little Nell, he sees Pat's profile instead. As a result, Pat soon forgets about her former boy friend (William Ching), and girl athlete comes...