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Ridiculous military efficiency and continuous ham acting take it from there. At times, it is difficult to tell who is talking, the ducks or Mrs. Drake. Unless you have an interest in outdated weapons or ducks, leave this atomic dud alone...
Rennie Berman drove to the head of the field in the 880 right at the gun, kept his lead all the way, and sped home in 1:59.2. Dick Weiskopf placed first in the 100-yard dash, but in the 220 Dud O'Leary of B. U. came in ahead of Gurtzner with Weiskopf third...
...freshman championships, Dud Autio pinned Gene Mann; Laurie Wilde decisioned Ted Johnson; Sid Tyler pinned Jack Ray; Rock Carroll pinned D. Hawkins; Noel Scullin pinned Al Byington; Jack Rosenthal pinned Tim Nichols; and Bill McCourt decisioned Bernie O'Brien...
...dark of Thursday morning the Reds almost made it. One Chinese threw a dud grenade into a G.I.'s foxhole, then walloped him with a rifle. The G.I. clubbed the Chinese to death with his Garand. Red engineers blew a hole in the barbed wire with a bangalore torpedo. As Chinese infantry charged in, Sergeant Stewart Oshell's machine-gunners opened up, and 78 enemy bodies plugged...
...Flying Missile (Columbia), Hollywood's first movie about guided projectiles, is a sensational dud. Filmed with U.S. Navy cooperation at San Diego and Point Mugu, Calif., the picture works up some passing interest in the missiles whooshing into space from the decks of aircraft carriers and submarines. These scenes are ruined by a broadside of plot cliches: Sub Commander Glenn Ford's valiant struggle against red tape to get his craft equipped with the new weapons; his romance with the admiral's secretary (Viveca Lindfors); his recovery, through sheer grit and amateur psychiatry, from an emotional trauma...