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Died. Johnny Layton, 68, famed billiards champion of the '20s and '30s, seven-time winner (1920-22, 1928-30, 1934) of the world three-cushion title, winner (in 1916) of the world pocket-billiards title; of a heart ailment; at a rooming house in St. Louis...
Tufts managed to score on only 23 per cent of its shots, and although Yardling shooting fell off in the second half, the Crimson's 41-19 halftime edge provided a big enough cushion for '59's second straight win of the year...
...kicked off its major 1956 sales pitch last week with a car safety forum in Detroit, announced that no-spring door latches, "deep-dish" steering wheels (many drivers have been impaled on the steering column) and padded rearview mirrors would be standard equipment on all models. Dashboard and visor cushion pads and front-seat belts will be optional but sold at cost ($25). Benson Ford invited the automobile industry to go along with Ford on a safety sales campaign. But not all the automakers were willing to emphasize the chances a car buyer takes when he ventures on the highway...
...physics problems to work out, about 50 pages of history to answer quizzes on each day, and you've got math problems and chemistry experiments. One conclusion you've come to is that high school was never like this." Caltech does its best to cushion the blow when the first blue slips (academic warnings) go out. For a student who has always been accustomed to getting As, the almost inevitable Cs can seem a crushing failure. They are also pretty hard on the proud parents, and it is one of Dean of Freshmen Foster Strong's most...
...glass for the customers; at night she is ready for broader interests. But Mario (Vittorio Gassman), her boy friend, is primarily interested in a phony buck, any way he can get it. When Silvana meets a no-count count (Michael Rennie), Vittorio sees his chance to do some three-cushion pimping. In the upshot Silvana gets drunk at a costume ball, has an experience with the count: "It was daybreak before I could leave-humiliated-disgusted ... I didn't know where I could hide-where I could run to." The manager (Shelley Winters) of a mambo troupe (actually Katherine...