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Died. Robert Walker, 32, boyish cinemactor (Strangers on a Train; See Here, Private Hargrove), at the peak of a successful screen comeback after an emotional crackup and widely publicized alcoholic escapades; of respiratory failure, after a doctor had given him a dose of sodium amytal to quiet an emotional upset; in Hollywood. Born in Salt Lake City (where his father edited the Deseret News), Walker went off to theatrical school in New York, there met Phyllis Isley, married her, lived in artistic poverty while appearing in Greenwich Village theatricals. In 1943, both got big breaks in Hollywood-he in Bataan...
Collector's Items. Modesty, false or otherwise, does not disguise Sarnoff's power and success. His chill blue eyes shine with impatient energy, his boyish, scrubbed-pink face radiates cockiness. All 5 feet 5 inches of his bullnecked, bull-chested figure bristles with authority and assurance. He dresses with conservative, expensive elegance, even carries a gold frame to hold matchbooks...
...more than the boyish-faced Paz, Remorino is a power in the Argentine government, a sharp, vindictive hand at bureaucratic intrigue, and a trusted counselor to Evita Perón. When he thinks the Peróns are making a mistake, as in last winter's closing of La Prensa, he does not hesitate to say so. In his new job, he can at least tell the Peróns what the U.S. is likely to think of some of their authoritarian antics...
From Washington, Louisiana's boyish-looking Russell Long, son of the late Huey, nephew of Governor Earl and the youngest member (32) of the U.S. Senate, sent word to the homefolks: he would support Congressman Hale Boggs in the 1952 race for governor. Boggs, who is young himself (37), won his Congress seat in 1946 on an anti-Long reform ticket. It was one more sign that Russell Long was determined not to be a chip off the old block. Senators familiar with Huey's demagogic ways are impressed by Russell's dogged and unflamboyant performance...
...dropped his voice a little, and went on. "When I joined the Army, even before the turn of the century, it was the fulfillment of all of my boyish hopes and dreams . . . The hopes and dreams have long since vanished, but I still remember the refrain of one of the most popular barracks ballads of that day which proclaimed most proudly that old soldiers never die; they just fade away...