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Outstanding current soap operas in Japan are Himawari Musume (Sunflower Maiden), about a teen-ager who has just got an office job and is spatting with her mother over unchaperoned dates; Saku-ranbo Taisho (General Cherry), a war orphan who was in hot water last week because he made fun of the school principal's bald head; and the liveliest of the lot, Eriko To Tomo Ni (Together with Eriko), starring 26-year-old Michiko...
...swing of Liberal Party strength to the Tory side was a decisive factor, and the "Orphan" vote went Conservative in districts where it hurt Labour most. Tabulations resumed at 6 a.m. (FST) this morning...
Eighteen months later, after all known homosexuals in the area had been questioned, the police heard of a teen-aged orphan who was boasting to his friends of a similar crime. This type of report reaches police headquarters every day, but on checking, they found that his story was consistent with what he medico-legal examiner had found...
Angels in the Outfield (MGM) answers an orphan's prayers by summoning down a heavenly host to help the Pittsburgh Pirates win the National League pennant.* Paul Douglas, as the team's profane manager, spurns this divine assistance until a thunderbolt and some pep-talks from Archangel Gabriel turn him into a true believer...
...stand against the forces of Evil, represented by Radio Announcer Keenan Wynn, who doubts that Providence cares whether the Pirates win or lose. On the side of muscular Christianity are Janet Leigh as the girl who gets Douglas; a pansy-eyed child star named Donna Corcoran as the devout orphan, and Ellen Corby as a nun who knows baseball like a book...