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...Northampton, Mass., Librarian Lawrence Wikander came across a long-forgotten, unopened box with a 1,821-page manuscript, sent up by Calvin Coolidge the day before he left the White House in 1929. It was the stenographic record of his twice-weekly tilting with reporters in press conference.*Sample bout: on Dec. 11, 1928, he outlined-his plans to attend the dedication of the carillon at the Edward Bok bird sanctuary in Florida. To one reporter, unable to understand the plans for the bell tower, Coolidge snapped: "Mr. Bok is giving the bird sanctuary as a tract of land...
...gate at prizefights, had something to cheer about. The Joe Louis-Lee Savold fight (see SPORT), put on without commercial radio or TV, drew to Madison Square Garden a crowd of more than 18,000 fans, a gate of $94,684. Contrast: last month's televised heavyweight championship bout between Ezzard Charles and Joey Maxim in Chicago drew only...
...bootleg bouts ended when Robinson turned professional in 1940. As an amateur he had never lost a fight, had won 85 straight, including Golden Gloves titles in the featherweight and lightweight divisions. Robinson's first professional bout was a four-round preliminary at Madison Square Garden. He won (a second-round knockout), and the $100 he earned was the equivalent to four bootleg bouts, where wristwatches were the currency...
Before the trial, Coach Tom Bolles decided the bout for the number four spot in the varsity shell in favor of Link Boyden over Jim Slocum. While Slocum is the more powerful oarsman, Boyden provided the necessary smoothness. Slocum, a veteran first boat man, joined other varsity men, Clancy Asp and Ted Anderson in the experienced, first class J.V. shell...
Illinois' Senator Paul H. Douglas announced that he had concluded a satisfactory bout with the Internal Revenue Department over his 1949 income tax return. It started when tax sleuths sent him a bill for an additional $90; after straightening out a few figures, it all ended with the Government's sending him a refund check...