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...stars started ballooning to the high 70s in the 90° heat. And there was Sandra coolly shooting a steady 74 the second day. Going into the final round she was actually ahead-for the first time in her pro career-with a one-stroke lead over Mickey and Carol Mann. "It's a dream," said Sandra, "I wonder when I'm going to wake...
...still another on the 14th, and drilled a perfect 3-iron to within 18 in. of the cup to set up a fourth birdie on the 16th. She sank a seven-foot putt on the 17th for a fifth birdie. That was enough for a one-stroke victory over Carol Mann and two strokes over Mickey. "I was in the basement too long," said Sandra, accepting her $4,000 winner's check. "It's nice to get upstairs and see how the other half lives...
...Richard ("Rex") Sparger, an ex-reporter and former Oklahoma state legislator, who boasted publicly that he "could make a hit of a show that was a failure." He also claimed that he had kited the ratings of four programs, notably last February's CBS special An Evening with Carol Charining...
Wait For Santa Claus. One possibility was Charles F. Lowe, who is Carol Channing's husband, manager and sometime producer. In pretrial hearings, Sparger swore that he had met Lowe only casually, had spoken on the phone with him at most twice, and had not "received any money from Mr. Lowe for any purpose." Double checking, Nielsen detectives got two depositions to the contrary. The first, from Bell Telephone companies, revealed that Sparger and Lowe had recently exchanged not two but at least 40 calls. The second, from a woman teller at Oklahoma City's Liberty National Bank...
...contended that his $4,000 payment to Sparger was only for a survey of the show's "commercial effectiveness," presumably by polling viewers. Such an analysis is commonly made by sponsors if not by producers. In any case, Lowe noted, it is "ridiculous and incredible to believe that Carol Channing should need any help," because in both the Nielsen and Arbitron ratings, her special outdrew the second-place show in the time slot by millions of viewers. And even if somebody wished to rig the ratings, it would seem ridiculous for him to pay by check...