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...film, but most crises are followed by melodramatic reaction shots. Count the seconds whenever an interlocutor throws hands in air. One of Hamlet's reactions, after he's thrown down his mother in her chamber, lasts even after a cut. When Hamlet asks Ophelia, "Shall I lie in your lap?" we cut to a bevy of damsels cowering in unison like chorines...
Died. Gertrude Berg, 66, actress-writer, originator and star of radio-TV's The Goldbergs; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. Raised in the large, loving lap of an East Harlem Jewish family ("We didn't have Tennessee Williams problems," she once said. "It was more George Kaufman"), she had only to elaborate on her memories ("Yoohoo, Mrs. Bloom!") to sustain the 25-year run of her show, whose momentum carried her to Hollywood (Molly) and Broadway (A Majority of One) as leading popularizer of the formidable art of Jewish motherhood...
Sandy Koufax was trying to explain how it felt to lose a ball game. "Have you ever tripped and fallen at a party or spilled coffee on your lap?" asked the Los Angeles Dodgers' ace. "Isn't there something worse than the pain it self? Isn't it the embarrassment? Well, imagine being embarrassed in front of 50,000 people." Last week, Koufax lost - in front of 50,840 screaming fans...
That left matters still very much in the lap of Congress. Two weeks ago, the Senate passed a resolution under which Congress would order the machinists to return to their jobs with the five struck airlines for a 30-day period, after which the President could set up a mediation board and keep workers on the job for up to 150 days more. Cautioned by the A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s Meany that they should not take action that they "would regret for the rest of their lives," and placed in the unenviable position of offending organized labor in an election...
...built himself, Jack allowed Clark to take the lead, then forced such a fast pace that the cooling system in Jimmy's overworked Lotus gave up. Clark limped in third. Averaging 100.6 m.p.h., Brabham beat Britain's Graham Hill to the checkered flag by a full lap. Asked a Dutch reporter: "Don't you think it is extraordinary and astonishing that you are leading in this world championship at your age?" Replied Jack...