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Died. Carol Haney, 39, snub-nosed, pixiefied dancer-comedienne who burst into fame in the 1954 musical Pajama Game as Gladys, the offbeat secretary who had (clang, clang) "Ss-s-s-steam Heat," but, after being hospitalized for diabetes and exhaustion in 1957, simmered down to become one of Broadway...
In the early-morning gloom of Saigon's muggy pre-monsoon season, an alarm clock shrills in the stillness of a second-floor bedroom at 38 Phung Khac Khoan Street. The Brahmin from Boston arises, breakfasts on mango or papaya, sticks a snub-nosed .38-cal. Smith & Wesson revolver...
Values Untapped. There will certainly be temporary drops in the Dow-Jones average this year as the market pauses every once in a while to catch its breath. But with the U.S. economy looking stronger than ever and the stock market so free of speculative excesses, only a few cold...
"We've got to beat the Celtics at their own game," said San Francisco Coach Alex Hannum. The Warriors retaliated enthusiastically, won the third game 115-91. The referees were blowing their whistles like riot cops. But big-time basketball is both hard-nosed and tricky, and the refs...
Then, of course, there was the favorite: Aurele Vandendriessche, 31, a skinny, hook-nosed Belgian who once held the world record for 30,000 meters, and likes to train before dawn - running 30 miles or so through pine forests when "it's dark, and peaceful, and beautiful." Vandendriessche was...