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...Manhattan's Coliseum last week a record number of marine builders (397) launched the 48th National Motor Boat Show wlth a record number of boats (455). The boatbuilders were optimistic for 1958, expected that spending of waterborne Americans would top last year's record $1.91 billion...
Aeroflot pilots, though experienced, have won a daredevil reputation for going up in bird-walking weather. This can make for tough and treacherous travel, since they fly without electronic navigation aids in the back-country areas where airports are not equipped for instrument landings. What kind of safety record they have, no Westerner knows; Aeroflot does not announce crashes unless foreigners are on board. But there have been three crashes in the past three months alone that took 30 lives...
...Hunnicutt learns about his father's extramarital reputation the hard way when the girl he loves is kept away from him by her prudish father. Gradually Theron learns or senses nearly everything that has poisoned the lives of his parents, and Home from the Hill becomes a sad record of innocent youth brutally awakened to the fears, hatreds and frustrations of adult life. Novelist Humphrey is honest: the seeds of tragedy having been sown early, the crop is tragic throughout. The Hunnicutt story ends in disaster and violence...
...varsity basketball team, with a record of nine wins and four losses, faces Boston College Thursday night at the I.A.B. and meets a powerful Yale five here Saturday night. Paced by sharp-shooter Johnny Lee, the Elis are the defending champions of the Ivy League, but have lost to Dartmouth early this month. The Crimson was narrowly defeated by the Indians...
...hockey team has a record of six and eight, but all its losses were against non-Ivy opponents. The holiday western road trip proved disastrous as far as the team's won-lost record is concerned. The six faced off against some of the most powerful teams in the nation including the U.S. national amatuers. This week they will meet Northeastern at Watson Rink Thursday night and Dartmouth at Hanover Saturday...