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...Santa Monica, Cinemactress Teresa (Something to Live For) Wright, 32, decided she had had enough "grievous mental suffering," filed divorce papers against Novelist-Scriptwriter Niven (Duel in the Sun) Busch, 49, and asked for custody of their two children...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 15, 1952 | 9/15/1952 | See Source »

Turncoat. In Memphis. Wesley Green, 37, slightly wounded his old friend. Clarence Bentley. 29. in a duel with shotguns at 15 paces, explained to police: "All his life Clarence agreed that passenger cars could go faster than trucks. Then today he changed his mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 15, 1952 | 9/15/1952 | See Source »

Almost from the start the race was a spectacular, bitter duel between Troy Ruttman, driving an Agajanian Special, and Bill Vukovich, in a Fuel Injection Engine Special. Ruttman took the lead on the twelfth lap of the 2½-mi. brick and tar speedway. Vukovich, out after the $100-a-lap prize money, grabbed it back again on 13, held it to 55, when he made a fast stop for oil. Then Ruttman popped back in front. On lap No. 83, Vukovich took the lead again and Ruttman's car, a lap later, lost time fighting a fire under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Nip & Tuck Race | 6/9/1952 | See Source »

...Switzer came off the bench yesterday afternoon at Soldiers Field to tack a highly dramatic finish onto what had been an exciting 13 inning pitchers duel with Tufts. Switzer hit a pinch double with two out and two on to give the Crimson a well earned 3 to 2 win over the Jumbos...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Switzer's Two Out Double Gives Baseball Team 3-2 Extra Inning Win Over Jumbos | 5/23/1952 | See Source »

...nine innings, the afterpiece was an exciting 0-0 duel between righthanders Donelan and Frank Logan. The former had a scoreless streak of 20 innings intact going into the tenth. Then a walk, a sacrice, a game-winning single by Churchill, and two doubles by John Brower and Warren Cassidy gave Dartmouth the game. Composite Harvard Box-Score ab r h po a e Krinsky, ss 7 0 0 3 7 1 Robinson, rf 9 1 3 4 0 0 Johnson, 1b 9 1 2 17 0 0 Walsh, c, cf 6 0 1 12 1 0 Akillian...

Author: By Winthrop Knowlton, | Title: Nine Loses Doubleheader to Green | 5/19/1952 | See Source »

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