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...began to see England as the Aussies' equal for the first time in 20 years. For one thing, Australia is now without its famed batsman, the retired Sir Don Bradman. And against Australia's great Bowler Ray Lindwall, who can take his 20-yd. running start and fling the ball at close to 90 m.p.h.. England could pit some formidable batsmen of its own. Among them: Captain Len Hutton, who holds the record for runs scored in a test match (364), and Denis Compton, who seems back in his best form this year. These were England...
...London for a coronation fling before a scheduled $25,000 appearance at the Hotel Sahara in Las Vegas, Nev., ex-G.I. Christine Jorgensen was sent a coolly worded engagement-breaking letter, beginning "Dear Sir," by the hotel's lawyers. Despite whatever the Danish doctors did, the letter said, the Sahara's owners suspect that Jorgensen is "not now and never can be a woman." If a contract cancellation was not agreeable, "it will be necessary for us to demand medical proof . . . that you are a woman . . ." Snorted Jorgensen: "I have behind me some of the most important...
Creston's worried parents scouted around, found that the grownups of Eldora, Wapello, Clinton, Columbus Junction and other Iowa towns had met the menace by offering an annual community-sponsored all-night fling. Last week Creston tried the same remedy. Druggist Rex L. Mitchell sparked the party, got 33 local organizations to cooperate. The junior and senior classes approved the plans, added stipulations: 1) no teachers allowed after the prom, 2) other adults could serve food and drive the cars but were in no way to act like chaperons. The kids picked a name for the fling: "Crestubilee...
...catches his boss (Herbert Lom) running out with embezzled company money. In the scuffle, the employer is accidentally killed, and the bookkeeper, tempted by the financial windfall, runs off to Paris with the funds. There he takes up with a shady lady (Marta Toren) and has his one big fling before the police close...
...have no quarrel with many of the Weekend's events. Crew races, band concerts, and House dances are good entertainment, when taken separately. But they lose their individuality in a three-day fun fling topped off by a bathing beauty contest...