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...list of the 100 wealthiest U.S. Negroes (assets of at least $250,000 apiece) was chockablock with dentists, morticians and real estate moguls, but there was only a handful of familiar names-Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Comedian Eddie ("Rochester") Anderson, Heavyweight Champ Floyd Patterson, Baseball-Hall-of-Famer Jackie Robinson, Singers Marian Anderson. Harry Belafonte, Nat King Cole, Lena Home and Johnny Mathis, who was the only one of the bunch to place among the 35 Negro millionaires. One famous name missing from the list: high-living Horn Man Louis ("Satchmo") Armstrong, 61, who once earned...
...embarrassing his hosts with curt, monosyllabic speeches, Maris last week: dismissed young autograph seekers by signing programs with an X, announced a new policy of "no interview" to sportswriters, cursed out and threatened to slug U.P.I. Columnist Oscar Fraley, refused to pose for a photograph with Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby. Said TV's longtime "Voice of the Yankees" Mel Allen: "Maris has a lot to learn about warmth, appreciation, graciousness, and that sort of thing...
...champion of the Great American Farmer, Mr. Wallace has done more than his share. In the field of agricultural economics, his contributions in the matter of crop-yield forecasts and long range price-level predictions head the long list of his accomplishments and efforts in behalf of the famer...