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...must extend and develop over great periods of time. Our critics are people who do not stay with us." Although key telegrams are still delivered on the Friday program and opened on Monday, Actress Payne insists that cliffhanging is not "the appeal of our story." "Our characters are lovable, often funny human beings-family friends." But in accordance with the canons of daytime serials, Ma is carefully constructed to flatter the female ego. Says Actress Payne: "Everyone knows more than Ma does...
Lean, tall and well-muscled (5 ft. 10½, 144 Ibs.), Althea Gibson is not the most graceful figure on the courts, and her game is not the most stylish. She is apt to flail with more than the usual frenzy, and she often relies on "auxiliary shots" (e.g., the chop and slice). But her tennis has a champion's unmistakable power and drive. Says Tony Trabert: "She hits the ball hard and plays like a man. She runs and covers the court better than any of the other women." Says Promoter Jack Kramer, who eventually would like...
Though she is near the top of a remarkable uphill career, suspicion still often lowers over the champ's warm, infrequent smile. It is only half an hour by subway from Harlem to Forest Hills, and in many ways Althea is still close to home...
Three times each day for the last 2,000 years, pious Jews standing in prayer have repeated these words. When Zionism made the "ingathering" a present political reality, the sound of the trumpets was often mixed with the sound of discord in Judaism. A major, though usually muffled conflict is taking place between the Jews of the U.S., who have supported the new state to the tune of over $100 million a year, and the Jews of Israel. Last week the conflict was audible in Jerusalem...
...WHISKY accounts for 25% of U.S. liquor consumption, says Licensed Beverage Industries Inc., and bootleg output of about 76 million gallons a year costs almost $1 billion in lost taxes. Law officers nipped 25,608 moonshine stills in 1956. Palatable Southern moonshine is now going into northern cities, is often used to refill bottles of name brands and sold in bars...