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...Liston has power to spare (6 ft. 1 in., 211 lbs.), plus a pair of fast hands that can nail a chin with a kayo punch (16 knockouts). Liston also has links to boxing's underworld; e.g.. Blinky Palermo of Philadelphia's gangland was once arrested carrying some of Liston's receipted bills. Whatever his connections, many boxing buffs see Liston as the U.S.'s most promising challenger for Sweden's Johansson, even though Liston has so far fought only second-raters. With future title fights snarled by legal difficulties. Liston has no assurance...
Died. Frank Henry Willard, 64, Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate cartoonist, creator of derby-hatted urchin Kayo, somnolent Lord Plushbottom and other cronies of banjo-eyed Moon Mullins in the long-running (since 1924) comic strip; of a stroke; in Los Angeles...
...party treasury. He will deliver the Democratic line as the presidential train winds through Maryland, where Millard Tydings is gunning for re-election to the Senate; Pennsylvania, where Democratic Senate Whip Francis Myers faces a stiff fight against Republican Governor James Duff; Ohio, where the President would love to kayo Senator Bob Taft; Indiana, where Republican Homer Capehart is up for reelection; and Illinois, where Senate Majority Leader Scott Lucas has to step fast to be sure of another term. If time and disposition permit, there will probably be side excursions, including a lunge into Wisconsin for a few quick...
Colorado's Democrats last week put forth their idea of what the well-dressed 1944 candidate will wear. Their choice was a bemedaled uniform occupied by a wounded young Air Force Major, Carl Eugen ("Kayo") Wuertele, 30. Major Wuertele (pronounced Wurtell) was at Pearl Harbor when the Japs came over. In 205 combat missions since, he collected five wounds and seven decorations, including the Distinguished Flying Cross. His Flying Fortress, Hel-en-Wings (for his wife, Helen) fought over Midway and Bougainville. In the Solomons, he shot down four Jap planes, had his own left foot nearly shot...
...finals, Kelly of Eliot flattened Bragg of Winthrop for the only kayo, but technical knockouts were registered by Regal of Kirkland over Hussey of Lowell, Polanski of Kirkland over McLaughlin of Dunster and Hinchcliffe of Winthrop over Cobb of Kirkland. Brody of Kirkland took the unlimited final by default. Franken of Winthrop got the decision over Roberts of Leverett; Passeneau of Eliot beat Ditrinco of Winthrop; and D'Autroment of Winthrop got the nod over his teammate, Kahn...