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...black nationalism of the Gold Coast and the white nationalism of South Africa. Last week, barely half a year since the House of Commons gave the ambitious project its blessing, the Central African Federation was jarred by racial unrest among black man, Boer and Briton. 69,000 Boers. Sir Godfrey Huggins, 70, the wiry little surgeon who first conceived the notion of lumping the Rhodesias and Nyasaland into one big Central Africa (TIME. Sept. 21), was beset on both sides by black and white extremes. In next month's general election, Huggins is virtually certain to be confirmed...
...have quietly vanished after a brief stint as a summer replacement in June 1952. It was badly written, ineptly acted, and thoroughly panned by the critics (Syndicated Columnist John Crosby described it as "a little stinker"). Margie not only survived, "It flourished, even against such overpowering competition as Arthur Godfrey & His Friends. The latest ARE ratings give Godfrey's Friends a comfortable 52.5, but Margie has 28.1, up nearly three points from last month...
Sophomore wings Bill Lingelbach and Godfrey Truslow, sophomore insides Dick Fisher and Bob Lloyd, and junior center forward Alex Haegler, the team's high scorer, comprise the tentative starting line. Captain Bobby Dean and Rusty MacIntosh, two of the team's most dependable performers, will start at the halfback positions with Holmes. Pete Briggs is starting in the goal...
...week's end Godfrey was in a more mellow mood. He said he had intended to say a lot of nice things about Julius ("a charming rascal") on the swan-song show, but had only about eleven seconds to do it. But, said Godfrey firmly, he was "more proud of this boy" than of any of the youngsters he had made into stars. On that sweet note, the storm blew over, leaving La Rosa to cash in on a million dollars' worth of publicity and kind Father Godfrey to mull an ancient maxim: a doting parent generally deserves...
...Chicago, William Irvin, radio-TV editor of the Sun-Times, was fired after 18 years on the radio beat for missing the La Rosa firing. "It was my day off," he said ruefully. "I took my son to the doctor and missed the Godfrey program...