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...funereal mood chilled the after-dinner oratory. Clark Gable, the King was dead and the beloved Gary Cooper, close friends knew, was gravely ill with cancer Jimmy Stewart's emotional tribute as he accepted Coop's special Oscar (his third) set the tone; the old stars were waning and the pipsqueaks who shook Bob Hope's hand and smiled seemed unlikely to replace them. Briefly, it was not Hollywood being photographed-Hollywood struts and preens; it was a roomful of aging show people reminiscing about better days. The mood continued as Danny Kaye read the citation...
CLARENCE N. COOPER...
Senator John Sherman Cooper gives good reasons for his support of federal aid to education and discusses the various "formulae" for providing it intelligently and without passion. In fact, only two of the program-proposing articles are really disappointing: "Anatomy of a Victory" because it is almost inherently pointless as a post-election-mortem of Ohio, and "An Economic Alternative for the GOP" because, although potentially interesting enough, it only rambles tediously in sketchy recapitulation of the books of Louis Kelso and Mortimer Adler...
...compromise claim of $25,000, and House Speaker Sam Rayburn, who was born only 50 miles from York's Tennessee mountain home, kicked off a campaign to raise the cash. With Mister Sam and Bob Kennedy contributing $1,000 apiece, and other fund raisers (among them: Cinemactor Gary Cooper, who starred in the 1941 film biography that brought about the veteran's tax bind) pitching in, the drive shot over the top last week. Sergeant York will be hounded no more...
Died. Sir Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 91, the ninth Earl of Shaftesbury, senior member of the House of Lords, a World War I brigadier who served as a private in World War II because his age barred him from a commission, and who, as longtime Lord Steward for King George V, was in charge of everything from giving out alms to keeping the peace among members of the Royal Household staff; after a short illness; in Salisbury, England...