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...gave the big city some of the Kefauver treatment. He arrived 20 minutes late for an 8 p.m. meeting with Manhattan's Young Democrats, casually shook hands all around, explained that he hadn't eaten dinner, plopped down in the back of the room and ate a ham sandwich. When his 81-year-old father, Robert Cooke Kefauver, appeared in a room where the press was interviewing the candidate, Estes called: "Hello, Poppsy." He led his father into the circle formed by the press, and announced: "This is my daddy...
Varsity skiing ends this weekend as seven Crimson skiers compete against Yale and Princeton at Pink-ham Notch. Racing in the slalom are Captain John Houser, Harry Gardner, Kris Lehmkuhl, Daryl Hawkins, Jim Lawson, George Wilson, and Noel Scullin. Yardling skiers will race against the Yale freshmen...
Terrible to Terrific. The success of Laughton's readings has revived a critics' wrangle over the quality of his acting. Opinions range, as they always have, from terrible to terrific. One noted Broadway director calls him "100% true-blue ham." But British Cinemogul Sir Alexander Korda insists that Laughton is a genius. "He has a feverish will for being superlatively good, a wonderful sincerity...
Falling Market. In Coral Gables, Fla., when Store Supervisor J. R. Lawson shouted "drop it," ten steaks, two hams, four chickens and two packages of sliced ham fell from the skirts of two women shoplifters...
...writer-director Verneuil's fault. Although the pace never flags, although several of the jokes are funny, and although the basic situation is sound enough, the play cannot overcome this weakness. Reginald Owen, for instance, starts off his characterization of a retired Secretary of State with finest premium ham. Half way through, he becomes a shrewd man. Owen executes both neither has much to do with the other...