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...beaten its archrival, Michigan, 14-6, it had gained a likely tie for the Big Ten title andx a chance for the Rose Bowl. At Norman, Okla., the University of Oklahoma downed Iowa State 47-0 to win the Big Seven title for the sixth year in a row, clinch an Orange Bowl bid. Oklahoma's probable New Year's Day opponent: second-ranking Maryland, which trounced Mississippi 38-0. Texas took over the top spot in the Southwest Conference (and a probable Cotton Bowl bid) by downing Texas Christian...
...After a clinch over a divorce settlement and alimony, Hollywood's No. 1 box-office draw, John (The Quiet Man) Wayne, 46, and his estranged, Mexican-born wife, Esperanza, 31, suddenly broke clean and began swinging wildly in court. John, Esperanza charged, drank too much. "All the trouble I've had came out of a bottle," said she. Then she recalled how He-Man Wayne had dragged her about by the hair and another time by a foot in hotels. Nonsense, retorted John. It was Esperanza's own "excessive drinking" that caused her to fall sometimes...
...Crimson's Don French, Emil San Soucie, and Frank Nahigian came in fourth, fifth, and sixth in that order to clinch the meet...
Sterling Dow, John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology, and John K. Galbraith, professor of Economics, were named to represent the Harvard faculty. Mrs. N. Bayard Clinch, Jr., of Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. William Magie, Jr., of Winnetka, Ill., were elected alumnae trustees for six years. Robert I. Hunneman '28, Boston lawyer, was re-elected to the Council for eight years...
...took three bouts Friday, with decisions over Gibson of Washington State, 6 to 0, Fiegal of Waynesburg, 4 to 0, and Hockley of Wyoming, 4 to 2. After losing a 7-1 decision to Mueller in the semifinals Saturday, Lee went on to clinch third place with decisions of Crancer of Arkansas and McCarron of Iowa Teachers...