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Boxing v. Brothels. Father William Bergin was there. Tipperary-born Father Bergin, 86, could easily remember young Benny Sheil, his pupil at St. Viator College in Bourbonnais, Ill. who pitched a no-hitter for St. Viator against the University of Illinois. ("I had a terrifying amount of speed," says Bishop Sheil, thinking back.) Benny Sheil turned down offers to try out with both the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Sox before he went back to study for the priesthood...
Died. Walter Brookins, 64, earliest of U.S. aviation's surviving Early Birds; of a heart ailment; in Los Angeles. A boyhood neighbor of Wilbur and Orville Wright in Dayton. Ohio, he became their first pupil, soloed after 2½ hours' instruction, taught scores of American pilots to fly, including the late General H. H. ("Hap") Arnold. Retiring in 1919, he began manufacturing aircraft parts, helped in the development of World War II's 6-24 Liberator bomber...
...next 15 years he never quite did that, but he became a great committeeman. In time, his perseverance was rewarded with a Rolls-Royce, a fellowship in the Royal Society, even a membership in the Athenaeum. And once, when Albert was deserted at a critical moment by a gifted pupil on whom he largely depended for his theoretical ideas, he actually solved an impossible problem in the synthesis of a nerve gas. It was Albert's greatest triumph-marred only by the misfortune (from Albert's standpoint) that neither side used nerve gas in World...
Giuseppe Cardinal Siri, 46, archbishop of Genoa. The youngest member of the College of Cardinals, a former pupil...
Bright Road (M-G-M), a drama of Southern Negro life, spins a slight, sentimental story about a pretty, fourth-grade schoolteacher (Dorothy Dandridge) and a handsome principal (Harry Bellafonte) who, through kindness and understanding, reform a rebellious, eleven-year-old pupil (Philip Hepburn). The picture tells its story simply and straightforwardly. Unfortunately, for all its charm, it often seems unreal. The writing and direction are stilted, things have a too-well-scrubbed look, and the characters frequently appear stiff and selfconscious. In the main roles. Nightclub Singers Dandridge and Bellafonte, making their movie debuts, are at their best when...