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Monday, April 10 CHARLIE BROWN's ALL STARS (CBS, 8:30-9 p.m.). Rebroadcast of the famous game in which the "Peanuts" gang suffered their 999th straight loss...
...treasures to his family in the U.S. But Jim Thompson, whether or not he survives his walk in the jungle, has left the Thais an even more priceless gift: a pride in Thai craftsmanship, announced around the world in banners of the iridescent silks that he made famous...
America's Cup yacht racing is one of the few sports in which the losers are often better remembered than the winners. The most famous figure in the 116-year history of the cup is Britain's Sir Thomas Lipton, who tried five times to wrest it away from the U.S. Australia's Sir Frank Packer, 60, is obviously cast from the Lipton mold...
Eskimo Pie. Russell Stover himself was an lowan who took up candymaking almost as a hobby. In Omaha in 1922, he teamed up with a man named Christian Nelson to concoct a chocolate-covered ice-cream bar that became famous as Eskimo Pie. Stover and Nelson were rich within six months but soon got bogged down in a series of costly patent suits. After a falling out with Nelson, Stover started anew in Denver, began producing "Mrs. Stover's Bungalow Candies" with his wife Clara. So popular were his hand-dipped chocolates that Stover opened up five retail outlets...
...Your piece on Britain's justly noted Redgrave sisters [March 17] was excellent, especially for its comments on the modern moviegoer. An increasingly educated and intelligent American public cannot accept the glittering bedroom farces and unreal gods and goddesses that Hollywood is, unfortunately, famous for. Let the American film industry take a cue from the realistic poignance of Julie Christie's Darling or Lynn Redgrave's Georgy Girl...