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Died. Frank Erne (rhymes with churny), 79, onetime lightweight (1899-1902) boxing champion, conqueror in 1900 of the immortal Joe Gans (to whom he lost the crown in a rematch that ended with a first-round, one-punch knockout), in recent years the oldest living ex-champion; of a heart ailment; in Manhattan...
...tension broken. Milton Ellenby and William A. Rosen of Chicago, Lew Mathe of Los Angeles, John Moran of Houston and Cliff Bishop of Detroit went on to take the Masters' Knockout Championship with a string of seven straight victories, won the right to represent the U.S. in next year's international matches in New York City...
...wing APRA Party, Haya now bubbled with plans to write, speak and travel. Said he: "I consider myself lucky to be alive . . . Now I must start all over again." Today, Haya's party is shattered and outlawed. Peru's President Manuel Odria, who dealt the Apristas their knockout blow, has stabilized his country with public works and measures against inflation. Like most Latin politicos who invoke the right of asylum, Haya is now free once more to scheme and dream of a comeback. But the obstacles in his path appear greater than at any time in his stormy...
Stake-Out. In Philadelphia, Police Captain Clarence Ferguson watched Lightweight Boxer Al Pennell suffer a technical knockout in a semifinal bout, waited for Pennell in the dressing room, arrested him on a robbery charge...
Laborite Summerskill in her own constit uency of West Fulham. "Don't think I'm kidding," he roared, downing a quick one in the Albany Club bar. "I mean it. This is going to be a knockout victory...