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...with the 22nd Infantry Regiment, earned a jacketful of decorations, including the Distinguished Service Cross. ¶ Walter A. (for nothing) Haas, 66, the man who made denim work pants high fashion, moved up from president to board chairman of San Francisco's Levi Strauss & Co. Haas, a San Franciscan and University of California graduate, married a grand niece of Levi Strauss in 1914, entered the company, and became president in 1928. Levis were strictly work pants when Haas took over; he introduced "Levis for Ladies" in the 19303, hit the big time when bobby-soxers and college coeds adopted...
Michael Rennie carries conviction as the Franciscan, not least because he has, as dressed and tonsured, a close resemblance to the Bellini portrait of St. Francis. Best of all is Anthony Quinn, who wears the conquering swagger of Castile like one to that overbearing manner born...
...rushed forward to carry him, and their burden was light; Bishop Ferroni had wasted from 150 Ibs. to only 70 Ibs. In the hospital, the 63-year-old Italian Franciscan, who first came to China in 1922, was too weak to tell a coherent story. "Communist radio," he mumbled. "Lamps and loudspeakers . . . for days and nights." His body told more. The bishop's beard had been partly plucked out; there were blood clots under the skin on his hands, and his wrists bore the marks of manacles. "I told them, 'My thoughts are my own, and you will...
...Alvin Krolik, 27, an Illinois-born artist. Like his idol, Vincent Van Gogh. Krolik found life a confusion. After Marine Corps service, he skidded downhill, ended by committing ten holdups in Chicago in 1953. Put on probation by a kindly judge, Krolik pulled himself together, went to a Franciscan monastery in Topawa. Ariz., there worked on 14 murals that won high praise. Then confusion returned. Fortnight ago in Tucson, Krolik bought a $55 pistol and holster and left for El Paso...
...sculpture award went to another Italian, 45-year-old Sculptor Mirko, for his bronze, stone and copper figures. Not until the jury got to the 18 lesser awards did a West Coast artist finally score: a purchase award to Kentucky-born San Franciscan Ralph du Casse, 39, for his strong linear abstraction entitled The Viking. The news, when it reached California, all but floored Prizewinner du Casse. Said he: "I'm amazed. I don't paint to sell. That's too much to hope...