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...JAMES MCGARRELL, 33 is a Hoosier who has taught painting at his native Indiana University since 1959. He enjoys suggesting that the hurdle between a close foreground and a deep landscape be, as he says, "a dramatic jump between the two zones...
When a scruffy, red-haired kid of 15 left town 35 years ago, no one took much note, but last week 35,000 lined the streets of Vincennes, Ind. (pop. 18,000), to honor the return of "Comedian, Philanthropist, Hoosier" Red Skelton, 50. There was an honorary degree from Vincennes University, a distinguished citizenship award and, best of all, a $1,800,000 bridge over the Wabash named for him. "All right, everybody off my bridge," cried a delighted Red at the dedication. He had learned to swim in the Wabash, he said, "and boy, it was stuffy in that...
...started all those 50-mile hikes, Marine Corps Commandant David M. Shoup, 58, came due for a bit of ribbing when the Indiana Society of Washington named him "Hoosier of the Year." But Shoup, a native of Battle Ground, Ind., took it in stride when the band played Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk. In his acceptance speech, the general warmed anew to the pleasures of the great outdoors, complimented Wife Zola, his faithful camping companion on many a ... But then he stopped himself. "What have I said? I hope the whole world doesn't take...
...cause of the quarrel was Democrat Bayh's belligerent drive to prevent Capehart from becoming the first Hoosier ever to serve four terms in the Senate. The specific incitement was an issue which seems likely to stir emotions of candidates -and voters-from now until November. The issue: Communist Cuba, and what to do about...
Just a few weeks ago, almost everyone conceded that Capehart, a farm-born Hoosier who became a millionaire phonograph manufacturer before his election to the Senate in 1944, was a cinch to be reelected. Everyone, that is, but Bayh, who has been campaigning furiously in a white station wagon equipped with fancy gear for making newspaper photo mats and television tapes. Also born on a farm, Bayh was president of his 1951 class at Purdue University, earned a law degree from Indiana U., was elected to the state legislature in 1954, owns a 340-acre farm near Terre Haute. Admits...