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...Communist Chinese, then someone like Socialist Clem Attlee must serve as go-between. The Times defended Attlee as a man of sense; the Liberal News Chronicle reminded its readers that the Socialists "have been fighting Communism all their lives." The Socialist Daily Herald brushed off the criticism as a "circus of spite...
...bear had tossed him for three falls, Professional Boxer Francisco Escribano 1) demanded a rematch and threw "Bobo" three times, 2) found that the backers of the event had welshed on his $140 prize because "the bear always wins and never asks for money," 3) nobly dissuaded outraged circus spectators from burning down the tent, 4) attached the circus' box office for the amount of the prize, 5) stood a chance of becoming Bobo's owner as well as conqueror...
Back in Arizona Territory, Massai continues his one-man war against the Army and even the Indians who remain there. This story line gives onetime Circus-Acrobat Lancaster plenty of opportunities to leap daringly from crag to crag, horse to horse, and frying pan to fire. In time everybody is after him, but the one to catch him first is Nalinle (Jean Peters), whose object is squawhood. Together they build a little mountain hideout and plant some corn. When Army scouts find them, Massai, Nalinle and their brand-new papoose prove too homey a family to break up, so Massai...
...Angel LP). Eight over-orchestrated songs of the sadder aspects of life and love, one of them (the title song) a rowdier than usual pagliaccio-type item that fits Piaf as closely as a putty nose. Perhaps more timely in France, where La Piaf is now touring with a circus...
...decade since the tragedy, the circus has paid almost $4,000,000 in claims for death and injury. Half a million came from Lloyds of London, and $300,000 from tax rebates. The rest of the claims consumed the show's entire profit for all of the ten years. Some 550 claimants shared the awards, one as high as $100,000. Now the last claim has been paid...