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...Indy opened up a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first behind the hitting, running and slashing of ex-publisher and new ringer, Jim Harreill...
...Ford has not yet caught himself saying to his Vice President, "Short on the back and sides, please, and easy on the bear's grease." And White House Barber Milton Pitts has not yet greeted his customer with "Hiya, fella!" Both could happen though. Pitts is a dead ringer for Nelson Rockefeller, who recently paid a visit to Pitts' shop to exchange pleasantries. "He looks exactly like me but he's better looking," agreed Rocky. Milton concentrated on planning a different crown for his potential new customer. "He needs to have completely different shaping...
...tired white leotard, Nureyev looks sloppier than the rest. A pianist pumps out This Nearly Was Mine while the class practices rapid combination exercises that end in a burst of squeaking slippers. Nureyev finishes last. Working very slowly, he clears an envelope of space round him in which each ringer, each joint, every muscle locates its place. "Keep the arms closer to the body for balance and to project to the audience," Williams reminds him as he misses a turn. He fails in a second try and bangs his head in disgust. "I'm sorry, I will improve," Nureyev...
Newly armed with a knowledge of 8-to-10 pin cables, mike mixers and battery packs, Fayard recruited Reporter-Researchers Jean Vallely and Edward Tivnan, Production Assistant Leonard Schulman and Ray Kennedy, a ringer from SPORTS ILLUSTRATED'S writing staff, to be the cast of "The Stickball Show," a celebration of New York City's favorite street game. With Reporter-Researcher Audrey Ball on hand as crew-person, Fayard taped a half-hour extemporaneous discussion of stickball paraphernalia, followed by a spirited demonstration of the game. After holding the 20-lb. camera for a while, says Fayard...
...Travel. Wire Paladin, San Francisco." One viewer, however, thought he must be seeing his double. Rhode Island Cowboy Victor DaCosta, who had been making a hit since 1946 at New England fairs (his cards read: "Have Gun, Will Travel. Wire Paladin, Oaklawn, R.I.") found Boone to be his dead ringer, right down to the black outfit and the derringer tucked up the sleeve. Last week, after 17 years' litigation, DaCosta, now 65 and a mechanic, won his suit charging that the series had been copied from his act. A Providence court ordered CBS to pay him "the proceeds...