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Prince Igor Troubetskoy, husband of ailing Millionairess Barbara button, announced that he would be a contestant in the Indianapolis 500-mile auto race next Memorial Day. Did Barbara approve? "Of course not," said the prince, "but she respects the freedom of the individual."
But there were dwelling among the multitudes some who favored the one contestant, some who favored the other; these harangued and spoke querulously to one another, maintaining the worthiness of their choices, so that the whole of the multitude seemed riven by this controversy, and within the space of but...
Portly Justin Miller, president of the National Association of Broadcasters, took no stand on the merit of giveaways but wondered "whether the commission has any authority to promulgate any rules." His wonder was shared by FCCommissioner Frieda B. Hennock. In her dissenting vote, Miss Hennock maintained that "without a specific...
Subscriber Ulf Hauan of Hammerfest, Norway, having read in our Feb. 28 issue that some residents of Punta Arenas, Chile, were probably TIME'S southernmost readers, wondered whether he was the northernmost reader. He is a leading contestant for this arctic title, Hammerfest being Europe's northernmost town...
Tall, toothy John J. Noone, a Washington postal clerk, set about wooing Lady Luck in a scientific sort of way. Forming a syndicate with seven relatives and friends (each was assessed $5), Noone made repeated trips to Manhattan in the hope of being chosen a contestant on the CBS giveaway...