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...Reynolds will pick up the tab for an $80,000 bowling tournament, named, appropriately enough, the Winston-Salem Classic. Reynolds will also put up $100,000 in awards for the top drivers on the Grand National Racing Tour and sponsor a Winston 500 stock-car race in Alabama. Philip Morris is bankrolling a series of 13 U.S. Auto Club races, many of which will be on ABC's Wide World of Sports. The company also will provide $100,000 in prizes for a women's tennis tournament, the "Virginia Slims Women's Invitational." In the sliest move...
...Charged with first-degree murder and confronted with strong state's evidence of his guilt, Henry Alford of Winston-Salem, N.C., waived a jury trial and pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Under North Carolina law, he thus risked a 30-year sentence instead of death. But even while pleading guilty, Alford protested his innocence. "I ain't shot no man," he told the judge. "I just pleaded guilty because they said if I didn't, they would gas me." The Supreme Court ruled that Alford's plea was just as persuasive as his protest. "Confronted...
...increase the use of gift coupons, games and other promotional hoopla. Some executives are thinking about giving out more free samples, and sending them through the mails. One hint of things to come: Reynolds will underwrite its first big sports event, an $80,000 bowling tournament called the Winston-Salem Classic, which will be televised Feb. 20 by ABC. While non-tobacco firms will sponsor the show, the words "Winston" and "Salem" certainly will be mentioned. If other manufacturers pick up the idea, there could be a Pall Mall golf tournament, or a Viceroy auto sweepstakes...
...obvious reasons, Lieut. Flap was immediately mustered out by newspapers in Winston-Salem, N.C., Richmond, and Tampa, Fla. Stars and Stripes' reasons were just as obvious, but much more labored. "Flap wasn't even a good caricature, but simply in bad taste," said Managing Editor Howard C. Peterson. "Negro soldiers aren't like that." Added Editor-in-Chief Colonel William V. Koch: "Besides, the Army regulation wouldn't allow a soldier or officer to grow a goatee. And Flap...
BROWN-COLGATE: Imagine being the promoter who brought this game to Providence. What next? The annual chess match between Roger Williams Jr College and Salem State? Granted, after playing Yale and Dartmouth on successive weekends, Brown deserves a break. But Colgate? It's too late to cancel the game, though. The Bruins...