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...estate man who was thrice elected Governor of Rhode Island ('40, '42, '44), then served under the aegis of Good Friend Harry S. Truman as U.S. Solicitor General, U.S. Senator, Democratic National Chairman and, finally, from 1949 to 1952, Attorney General; of a heart attack; in Narragansett, R.I. McGrath's political demise came when Truman ordered him to look into cor ruption in government and McGrath hired Liberal Republican Newbold Morris as a special investigator; Morris began by investigating McGrath, which so enraged the Attorney General that he fired him, whereupon Truman reacted by summarily firing...
...seventh race at Narragansett tomorrow, a three-year old filly named TANGELIC looks like the best bet of 1965. She finished 37 lengths behind in her last race, but has won 7 of 18 overall and is likely to go off at 20 to 1. It's a sure thing...
...that its output this year will reach 12.2 million barrels v. 10.4 million last year because Busch brands (Budweiser, Michelob, Busch-Bavarian) have captured another 1% of the market. At the same time, Falstaff Brewing Corp., Busch's St. Louis neighbor and the fourth-ranking beer company, bought Narragansett Brewing Co., New England's largest brewery, for $19.5 million...
...that was practiced only by the golden boys and girls of the West Coast and duly celebrated in B movies, featuring beer, broads and orgies. But last week, from Maine to Miami, beaches with a rolling surf were bristling with the sleek Fiberglas slabs. The staid old resort of Narragansett, R.I., has found itself inundated by board-bearing interlopers, who have discovered that the once Brahmin beach has just the right kind of waves. On Long Island, where 40 surfboards were sold in 1960, 4,000 have been snapped up this year, with the season just under way. Over...
Warmer Water. The Atlantic being a smaller ocean than the Pacific, its waves are generally smaller and less consistent. Last month, when 4,000 spectators gathered in Narragansett for the New England championships, the sea was so still a Coast Guard cutter had to ply back and forth to make it a contest. But Eastern addicts are still getting their surf legs and seem quite content with the three-and four-footers found along most of the coast. A few weekends ago, when the rollers at Narragansett rose to California size (six feet), not a surfer braved the waves. Explained...