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When Jimmy Cannon was a newspaper shaver, the late Damon Runyon gave him some advice: "The best way to make a living is to be a sportswriter." Cannon followed the advice, and Runyon liked the results so well that before he died he made Cannon "the custodian of my reputation when I'm gone." At 43, as sport columnist for the New York Post, sad-eyed Jimmy Cannon has also come closer than any other sportswriter to taking Runyon's place. His favorite columnar character is Two Head Charlie, a thoughtful horse player, who talks like this...
Dropped from last year's list are CARE, the Boston Community Fund, the Children's Hospital, the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund, and the American Cancer Society...
Removed from the list are CARE, the Boston Community Fund, the Children's Hospital, the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund, and the American Cancer Society...
First Offer. U.S. airline bosses were not long in getting the word of the Comet's fine performance. Recently, T.W.A.'s President Ralph Damon dropped in for a look at a De Havilland plant, and later went for a ride in the Comet; so did Pan American's President Juan Trippe. Then came Eastern Air Lines' economy-minded President Eddie Rickenbacker ("I count the pennies-then I count the mills"). Last week, after a 90-minute flight in a Comet, Rickenbacker became the first to announce that he was ready to place an order. Eastern, said...
...experts figure a money-raising telethon is rousingly successful if it realizes 50% of its pledges. Martin & Lewis, appearing for the New York Cardiac Hospital, took in $1,000,000 in pledges, finally got $420,000; Milton Berle's fourth Damon Runyon Memorial Fund telethon last month has so far collected $210,000 from a promised...