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Last week all Dublin was talking of the most incredible mile race ever run, and of the lanky, 20-year-old Australian who won it. There was no longer any doubt that Herb Elliott was the greatest miler of all time...
...place Phillies. But for sheer speed, Duren has the edge. Says Yankee Catcher Elston Howard: "They are talking about Farrell now, and I've hit against him too, but Duren's faster. He's got the fastest ball I ever caught or saw, and that includes Herb Score...
...Australia's 20-year-old Herb Elliott got spiked in the getaway rush, encountered stiff head winds in the homestretch, still managed to win the British Empire Games mile at Cardiff, Wales in 3:59-his seventh under-four-minute mile...
Sunburn. Easily the most burning question concerns suntan pills derived from an ancient Egyptian herb remedy. A few years ago, U.S. researchers extracted the weed's potent chemical, 8-methoxy-psoralen, or 8-MOP for short, thought it might help thin-skinned sun seekers tan without burning (TIME, Oct. 17, 1955). Then the team split. One member, the University of Oregon's Dr. Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, concluded that 8-MOP actually makes burns more likely. A small drug firm, Paul B. Elder Co. of Bryan, Ohio, put up 8-MOP in capsules as Oxsor-alen, got it passed...
Square Dance, Mem. Hall, 9:00, 50 cents admission, privilege cards required, Herb Gaudreau, caller; square dance band...