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...drove the last 50 miles virtually without brakes, lost a shock absorber with twelve laps to go. But by the time he got the black & white mish flag, 40-year-old Lee Wallard, down to his last dollar four years ago, had won auto racing's biggest jackpot: $63,612 ($15,900 of it for leading in 159 of the 200 laps). His average speed: 126.244 m.p.h., nearly 5 m.p.h. faster than Bill Holland's 1949 record...
Born. To James Stewart, 42, stage and cinemactor (Harvey, Philadelphia Story, Jackpot), and Gloria Hatrick McLean Stewart, 32, ex-model and ex-daughter-in-law of the late Evalyn Walsh (Hope Diamond) McLean: their first children, twin girls; in Los Angeles. Names: undecided. Weights...
...Morn sixth, Counterpoint. eleventh, Mameluke 20th and dead last. Count Turf's winning time for the mile-and-a-quarter grind (over a fast track): 2:02 3/5, fourth fastest in the Derby's 77-year history. The winner's purse: $98,050, a record Derby jackpot...
...detour from her singing career, Margaret Truman went to Hollywood to try her voice at radio drama, playing the wife of Cinemactor James Stewart in an adaptation of the movie Jackpot on NBC's Screen Directors' Playhouse. Despite a few carping notices from critics who seemed to be angling for letters from the White House, Actress Truman (who earned a fat $2,000 fee for her debut) turned in a surprisingly competent performance, committed no fluffs. (Actor Stewart, who got second billing on the show, made three.) Asked about rumors of a possible movie career, Margaret Truman said...
Screen Directors' Playhouse (Thurs. 10 p.m., NBC). Margaret Truman and James Stewart in Jackpot...