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Powerful Duke, paced by 43 points from Kentuckian Jeff Mullins, put down Villanova, 87-73, to join UConn in the Eastern regional finals, Kansas State disposed of Teas Western, 64-60, in a Midwest regional contest...
...again, I've said it before, Archie Moore will fall in four, Cassius Marcellus Clay's problem is that nobody wants to take him seriously. Now they may have to. Last week in Los Angeles, the cocky young Kentuckian, known to his friends as the Louisville Lip, made good his brag. Halfway through the fourth round, he knocked out tired old Archie Moore, whose age (either 45 or 48) and 220 fights should have put him in retirement long ago. The victory did something for Clay's prestige as the seventh-ranking heavyweight (Moore, after all, once...
Morton is a seventh-generation Kentuckian whose family grew wealthy in the flour-mill business. He served in the Navy for 51 months during World War II, was elected to Congress three times, served under Ike as Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations, beat Democrat Earle Clements for the Senate in 1956. He was Eisenhower's choice for Republican National Committee chairman to succeed New York's Len Hall, held the job for three years...
...brash and bushy-haired Kentuckian named H. Keith Williams breezed into Dallas two years ago, determined to break into the Big Rich. Williams, 23, son of a prosperous Louisville furniture manufacturer, announced to all who would listen that he was going into the oil business. True, he had only a $1,200 stake, but that did not faze him. Said he: "I've had experience in road construction and furniture manufacturing, and there's a lot in common between those two and oil. They all use heavy machinery." That seemed to satisfy investors anxious to get in with...
...stands behind more whizzing bats in U.S. major league ballparks than even the busiest catcher is a slim, gregarious Kentuckian named John A. Hillerich Jr. "Bud" Hillerich, 49, is the president of Louisville's venerable (76 years) Hillerich & Bradsby Co. In its rickety red brick factory, H. & B. turns out 60% of all U.S. bats, including the famed Louisville Slugger, used by almost all big leaguers. This year the company will produce more than 4,000,000 bats, ranging from a $1.25 model for Little Leaguers to $4.60 copies of big league bats. Most of the bats are machine...