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...gruff but devoted manager, promises his reluctant bosses (including John Ringling North himself) to show a profit. He imports Sebastian the Great (Cornel Wilde), a daring high-trapeze artist, thereby queering himself with Aerialist Betty Hutton, who must move out of the center ring. Betty starts a performing feud with Wilde, goads him into a fall that cripples...
...Feud. But Winchell's split with Lyons was mild compared to his old feud with Daily News Columnist Ed ("Little Old New York") Sullivan. Sullivan was sports editor of the old New York Graphic when the tabloid began Winchell's "Broadway Hearsay" column. After Winchell moved on to Hearst's Mirror at a fancy salary, Sullivan inherited his column spot. The feud officially began when Winchell accused Sullivan of columnar "blackmail" for inviting Heiress Barbara Hutton to throw a party for poor children in New York (she sent...
Sullivan got back later by reprinting erroneous Winchell items side by side with his subsequent retractions, which were so carefully worded that readers would never guess they were crypto-corrections. Added Sullivan: "So, you wanna play, Stinky?" The feud has simmered for years. Lately, Winchell has fought back obliquely. For example, now that Sullivan is master of ceremonies on a top TV show on CBS (Toast of the Town), Winchell raves about the competing NBC show (Comedy Hour) which is on at the same time...
Bill Veeck, new president of the St. Louis Browns, and Fred Saigh, president of the Cardinals (who have hardly spoken to each other for the past six months), called off their feud long enough to appear as Romeo and Juliet on a local radio show for the Red Cross blood bank. Picked by the studio audience, Veeck played Romeo to Saigh's Juliet. Said Veeck later-"I congratulated him. He made a dignified Juliet. It was purely platonic...
...president's feud with the college fraternities began four years ago when he handed them a three-point ultimatum. At that time he ordered them to take in a greater percentage of the total student body, abolish all racial and religious discriminatory clauses from their charters, and raise their scholastic averages...