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Tactful Discrimination The bitter, no-quarter rivalry between the New York Herald Tribune's Marguerite Higgins and Homer Bigart became legend among correspondents early in the Korean war. In their efforts to outdo each other, Bigart and Maggie Higgins also turned in some of the war's best reporting. Both were named 1950 Pulitzer Prizewinners...
Last week Manhattan's Overseas Press Club dealt out its annual awards, coveted because they are the kudos of working newsmen. With a tactful sense of discrimination, it gave Homer Bigart its citation for the "best consistent press reporting from abroad." To Maggie Higgins went the George Polk Memorial Award (plus $500 provided by CBS) for "courage, integrity and enterprise above and beyond the call of duty." Other awards: ¶General war reporting, A.P.'s Hal Boyle. ¶Foreign-news interpretation, the New York Times's James Reston. ¶Radio & TV interpretation, CBS's Ed Murrow...
...finished the axial-flow T-34 Turbo-Wasp, an intermediate jet type which drives a propeller. Hobbs pushed on to the pure-jet J-57, last January had the first model in a test block. As its blast shook the concrete floor of the test cell, Jack Homer said: "Well, I think we have overshot the field." Solemnly, an old Pratt & Whitney hand interposed: "We may have trouble with the landing gear." Asked the puzzled Horner: "What landing gear?" "I mean," said the Old Hand, "when we let the building back down...
Left-fielder Andy Nelson of Matthews South knocked a grand slam home run in the first inning. The only other homer of the game was hit by North's center fielder, Dick Hazen, in the fifth with the bases empty...
John Hook pitched the Bunnies to victory for the entire nine innings, while a homer with two on by Neil Shulman got Leverett off to an early start...