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Died. Gino Prato, 64, former Bronx shoemaker who in 1955 briefly became TV's top-rated star on The $64,000 Question, when he correctly identified the opera with which Toscanini made his operatic debut (Aida) for $32,000, then declined an all-or-nothing chance at the jackpot, after which he became a $10,000-a-year good-will ambassador for the Biltrite Rubber Heel Company; of cancer; in Miami...
Their tactics-and policies-were remarkably similar. The C.D.U. and the S.P.D. each distributed 330,000 copies of an election magazine; each featured local geography and history contests, with an identical jackpot prize of a trip to Majorca. Both parties piously agreed to hold campaign expenditures down to $75,000-and both ended up spending some $500,000. Willy Brandt came down from Berlin to campaign for two days. Chancellor Erhard topped him by spending four days there, shaking hands and sipping Saarland milk for photographers. "I view this election," he declared between glasses, "as a vote of confidence...
...could and did, and the laughter last week was coming from two of the original Down Under bandit-beaters. Soon after arriving in Las Vegas, George Clampett and Keith Jennings, both 28, made their first tour of the casinos. They put $3.80 into nine slot machines, won eight jackpots for a 31-hour total of $277.50. In all but one of the seven casinos they visited, the Aussies were firmly shown the door after ringing up a jackpot or two. "We're just here to prove our point," shrugged Clampett. "Not to get rich...
Like a man playing a slot machine, Harvard wrestling coach Bob Pickett has juggled his lineup for every meet of the season so far. The jackpot, if Pickett can hit it, could very well be an Ivy League championship...
...this time, Shirley's psychiatrist wants to try for the jackpot. "I'm honored that you'd risk your life for me," she purrs. She has no sooner declined his proposal than the cleaning man arrives and-hey, guess who? Dean Martin, down on his luck and full of last-reel surprises...