Word: contests
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...doctors gravely warned Long that he would risk his life if he undertook any more strenuous activity. Waving them aside. Ole Earl resolutely took off in his DC-3 on a grueling Fourth of July speaking tour of four back-bayou towns, topped off with a "Miss Louisiana" beauty contest in the far northeastern corner of the state. Ole Earl was off and careening on his campaign trail for a fourth round in the Statehouse. The trail's end was not in sight, but Earl Long was set squarely on a tragic collision course, dragging the tottering Long dynasty...
Cooling Spaghetti. Kennedy pointed out that his coming into Ohio should not split the state party: Di Salle himself is not facing reelection, nor is there a Senate contest in 1960. Di Salle acknowledged that Kennedy was well liked in the state (he has made speeches in all major cities, and polls show him out ahead as the favorite 1960 Democrat). Also, it was obvious that Kennedy's Catholicism would be no handicap in Ohio, since Mike Di Salle and U.S. Senator and longtime (1945-56) Governor Frank Lausche, both Catholics, have rolled up big majorities in the past...
Indonesia has recently prohibited a contest to choose a Miss Indonesia for the Miss Universe contest in Long Beach, Calif., after a leftist newspaper complained that she would be "manhandled and ogled at." In Bandung, Western movies are banned because they tend to show "racial discrimination" and provoke "adventurous sentiments." Hula-Hoops, about to catch on belatedly, were banned as sexually provocative...
Admittedly this is a debatable opinion; those who swoon at "Sweet Nightingale" or "Fain Would I Wed a Fair Young Maid" will contest strongly any attempt to shroud Dyer-Bennett with the critic's cloak of scorn. Yet for one who seeks in a folk singer a versatility extending beyond repertory, including a versatility of personality, Dyer-Bennett falls short of being engaging...
...with less than four hours to go, the Hill-Gendebien car developed engine trou ble. After that, it was no contest. Plugging steadily onward, two factory Astons finished one-two for the first Aston Martin victory in Le Mans history. The new champions: Carroll Shelby of Dallas, and Britain's Roy Salvadori. Only 13 of the original 54 starters finished-smallest number ever to complete the rugged vingt-quatre heures...