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...Leonard Norris, 38, describes his qualifications for the job of political cartoonist on the Vancouver Sun. Norris joined the paper two years ago as a staff artist drawing maps, diagrams, etc., and he took his present assignment under protest. But his ignorance of politics has hardly been a handicap. Last week, scarcely a year after he started newspaper cartooning, Norris was named the best cartoonist of 1951 in Canada's annual Toronto Press Club National Newspaper Awards, roughly equivalent to the U.S. Pulitzer Prizes. Many a Canadian went a step further and called him the best cartoonist Canada...
...notion that a cross-eyed child "will grow out of it" is a "vicious bit of misinformation," declared Ophthalmologist Richard G. Scobee of St. Louis. Besides creating difficulties in learning, the child's handicap sets him apart from playmates and often leaves a deep emotional scar. Dr. Scobee's advice: have it treated promptly, even if surgery is needed...
...Phil D., the $29,800 San Antonio Handicap; at Arcadia, Calif. In a photo finish, Phil D. nosed out Intent, Santa Anita Maturity winner, in the traditional warm up for next week's $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap...
...Jockey Eddie Arcaro, Santa Anita's San Felipe Stakes (on Windy City II) and the San Marcos Handicap (on Hill Prince); at Arcadia, Calif...
...Harvard Law School Research in Aid of Israel's Legal Development is a cooperative research project between Harvard and the Israeli Ministry of Justice. The idea was born last spring when Uri Yadin of the Israell Ministry of Justice visited Cambridge and spoke to several faculty members about the handicap imposed an adequate legal system. At present Israel's law is a mixture derived from Turkish, English Arabic, and Hebrew codes, and there are many serious gaps to be called in addition to many archaic laws which must be revised...