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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Brown University received a Christmas windfall last week of 350 acres of Mount Hope, in Bristol, R.I., from Mrs. Rudolf F. Haffenreffer and her sons Rudolf III and Carl W. (Narragansett Brewing Co.). Included is a museum containing one of the nation's largest collections of American Indian antiquities in private hands...
...swore an oath at the weatherman for telling him that it was 34 below zero on top of Mount Washington, and an oath at the meteorologists for the 80 mile an hour wind which was going to ruin his skiing...
Soon off to reconnoiter the antarctic for an expedition he will lead there, New Zealand's strapping Sir Edmund Hillary, co-conqueror of Mount Everest, bounced his son Peter on his knee, showed the lad a brogue the size of Noah's ark. Explained Sir Edmund: "The British expedition is supplying us with boots, but I've got such big feet that I don't trust them to have my size, so I'm taking...
...Chosen by the American Medical Association as General Practitioner of the Year: 66-year-old Dr. E. Roger Samuel of Mount Carmel, Pa. (pop. 15.000). A pipe smoker, Dr. Samuel thinks that wonder drugs are more dangerous than tobacco, said he had "too many bad results" in using antibiotics. His advice to young practitioners: collect your bills promptly, because "a person who owes you a bill is your worst enemy...
...Tropical Park, Jockey Willie Hartack (TIME, Nov. 28) climbed aboard the eighth-race favorite, Athena, and booted home his 400th winner of the year. Hartack moved up with Willie Shoemaker, the only other 400 winner, just in time. He will have precious few racing days left to mount more winners: for letting his horse bear out in an earlier race, he drew a ten-day suspension...