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Died. Charlie Dale, 90, deadpan half of Smith and Dale, longest-running comedy act in show business; in Teaneck, N.J. Joe Smith, now 87, and Charlie Dale met in 1898, when their bicycles collided on Manhattan's Lower East Side. A bystander who watched the ensuing argument compared them to the vaudeville team of Weber and Fields, and the two teen-agers took the comment seriously enough to begin working together as amateurs. They became headliners even before the Palace Theater was built in 1913. Even through TV appearances in the '60s, their low-comedy routine was remarkably...
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With playmaker Dale Dover gone, the problem is greatly increased. And the new talent coming from the freshman team aggravates the challenge. Forward Tony Jenkins set a Yardling scoring record last winter and single-handedly carried an otherwise mediocre freshman squad. Transfer student Jim Fitzsimmons promises to be a top scorer after starring at Duke for one semester. But again, Fitzsimmons is the hot outside shooter rather than the playmaker...
...siphon off more bridge commuters with four ferries that are larger (750 passengers) and more luxurious (two bars). Later this summer they will also begin trial runs with a giant 60-passenger air-cushion vehicle, which will skim across the Bay in just 15 minutes. But District General Manager Dale Luehring doubts that it will be universally accepted by Marin County commuters. "A lot of people don't want to get back and forth faster," he observes. "They say a half-hour is just enough time for two martinis...
Astonishingly, Michigan's refusal to give up Stiggers was received with understanding even in the rebuffed state. Said Arkansas Governor Dale Bumpers who campaigned as a prison reformer, "By the expiration of my administration, I hope there will never be any cause for a Governor of another state to refuse to extradite a man to Arkansas." As for 21-year-old Lester Stiggers, 1971 is going to be a good year. When he left Detroit's Wayne County jail, he already had plans. "Got a job all set," he said. "Start Monday. Gonna try to go to Wayne...