Word: champion
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...indictment stemmed from hearings last spring by the California state athletic commission (TIME, June 15), during which L.A. Fight Promoter Jackie Leonard testified that Palermo had demanded a piece of the earnings of Welterweight Don Jordan shortly before he became champion in December. Leonard said that Palermo's demands were later backed up by Carbo himself, added that he began getting phone calls threatening bodily harm ("It'll be with a pipe wrapped in a paper sack"). But Manager Don Nesseth, 33, had flatly refused to knuckle under, and, according to the indictment, Leonard had handed over only...
...Fred Doelling and Ed Goodwin. The return of that entire backfield, along with nine of last year's starting eleven, gives coach Steve Sebo reason to hope for an Ivy League title. Other outstanding returnees among 22 of 32 lettermen are ends Barney Berlinger, and Jon Greenawalt, center Ron Champion and halfback Jack Hanlon...
...dampening grass it stopped inches away. Nicklaus conferred briefly with 16-year-old Caddy Bob Valdes ("Best greens reader we've got," said Club Pro Ed Dudley). Then Nicklaus took his new putter and sank his eight-footer for a birdie three and the U.S. Amateur. New Champion Nicklaus was the youngest player to win the title in half a century...
Sullivan's Travels: Invitation to Mos cow (CBS, 7:30-9 p.m.). Produced in Moscow by Ed Sullivan, this slice of the State Department's cultural exchange program includes Singer Risë Stevens, Accordionist Dick Contino, Dancers Marge and Gower Champion, and, of course, Smiley himself. The Russians loved...
Show of the Month (CBS, 8:30-10 p.m.) An old standby, Body and Soul. Ex-Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey, as technical adviser, will try to make Ben Gazzara look like the middleweight champion of the world...