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...show business ended in Pittsburgh, and John Ringling North, hereditary boss of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, pronounced an epitaph: "The tented circus as it now exists is a thing of the past." Last of the surviving big-time big tops, Ringling struck its huge tent for the last time, packed up to limp back to winter quarters in Sarasota, Fla., though the season was but half over. The big show's ailments: television, labor troubles, miserable weather this year, and soaring costs. Starting next April, North added bravely, the circus will sally forth again and play...
Team: Milwaukee (by 2 games) Pitcher: Lawrence, Cincinnati (12-0) Batter: Bailey, Cincinnati (.333) RBI: Musial, St. Louis (65) Home Runs: Banks, Chicago (22), Kluszewski, Cincinnati...
Agent Provocateur. In Crescent Beach, S.C., after three vacationers called police to report a bee swarm blocking the way into their house, Police Chief Howard Bailey replied: "I can't beat a bee with a blackjack, I can't shoot them and I can't arrest them. Tell you what. If you'll get 'em drunk, I'll come down and see what...
...proposition: that Bob move in as Sanders' ghost artist while she and the cartoonist are off on their honeymoon. Additional comedy is supplied by Pearl Bailey, who doubles as narrator and songbird when she is not pretending to be Sanders' maid, as well as by a small boy (Jerry Mathers) and a large shaggy dog. With this much to go on, Hope sets about rewinning Eva Marie with all the tested ingredients of farce, from pratfalls to bedroom scenes to hurry-up exits and entrances. Everything winds up in a final bedlam as Cartoonist Sanders' apartment...
...photographer dinner companions on subjects ranging from painting to golf. Later, when the lights were turned low in the vast ballroom, the President settled back to enjoy the entertainment, rocked with laughter at the quips of Comedian Bob Hope, returned the jaunty wave of Negro Songstress Pearl Bailey. When it was time to leave, he took a few strides in the wrong direction, spun, and walked from the room so rapidly that the Secret Service men had to scurry to keep pace. As he entered his car he turned and asked if anyone wanted a ride. There were no takers...