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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Nicholas ("Nicky the Greek") Zographos,* 66, famed as the world's greatest professional gambler; of cancer; in Lausanne, Switzerland. Jockey-sized Card Ace Zographos, who entertained royalty on his yacht, ran baccarat banks at Cannes in the winter and at Deauville in summer. Win or lose, Zographos played it deadpan. Once, the wife of an automobile tycoon reportedly held his hand while he dropped a small fortune at baccarat. His hand, she remarked, did not tremble. "No," said he, "but I turn somersaults when I go to bed at night...
Number two Crimson golfer, Bruce Thurmond, fell before the 2-0 golf of Al Allen. Only other local player to lose was Pete Malkin, playing in the five spot. He lost to Dave Simpson...
...important announcement: "On my own motion, Mr. James Reston will become The Washington Correspondent of the New York Times, with complete charge of the staff .. . Mr. Reston has received several very attractive offers to work elsewhere, one of them particularly tempting. I did not want the Times to lose his immensely valuable services, and I knew that I was in a position to offer him a strong inducement to stay with the Times for life . . ." Counter-Offer. Krock's announcement that he was stepping aside was all his own doing. Correspondent "Scotty" Reston had come to The Washington Correspondent...
...more than 170 stations, with about 95% carrying the show under local sponsorship. Delighted with the good results of his particular ill wind, Pearson says he has no intention of returning to network broadcasting: "The way it is, I have about 170 sponsors. If I do something to lose one-or a dozen -it doesn't matter. It's not like being tied to one sponsor...
...problems involved were staggering. Aluminum alloys lose much of their strength at 300° F., so large parts of the X-3's skin, especially parts that get heat from the engines as well as from outside, are made of titanium. The cabin, which must be kept at a temperature where a man can sit, is cooled by a refrigerator powerful enough to air-condition an average movie theater. The refrigerator accounts for 10% of the empty weight of the X3, and absorbs 2,600 horsepower from its engines. Despite all this cooling, the windows of the cockpit (which...