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...munched extra vitamins, hired six runners to act as pacesetters and a nurse to administer alcohol foot rubs. For all that, protean Hustler Bobby Riggs, 57, won his 25-mile foot race across California's Death Valley against Aussie Distance Runner Bill Emmerton, 56, by a scant 40 minutes. Emmerton had to run the 25-mile course twice and still managed to finish in less than nine hours. "I was ready to play some tennis, but the Death Valley courts aren't lighted, and it was dark by the time Emmerton came in," said Bobby with typical modesty...
...such causes as schools, hospitals and social work. The commission also reports a dramatic difference in religious giving between the rich and the not-so-rich. Those with adjusted gross incomes of $10,000 or under give two-thirds of their charitable gifts to religious organizations, compared with a scant 27% for those in the $50,000-to-$200,000 range, and 7% for those who make even more...
...Crimson also took the top two spots in the 200 IM. 200 butterfly, and 200 breaststroke. Kevin O'Connell and Brent Haywood swam neck and neck to take first and second in the IM. O'Connell finished a scant .06 second in front of Haywood...
...light was back on again a scant two minutes later, at 10:40 of the opening stanza. Center Jim Aiken rippled the twines with a slapper that Woods could only wave at. Defensive standout Ken Dummit fed Aiken on the tally with a nifty dig-out pass from the side boards...
...became one of the highest-paid models of the 1960s with an 84-lb. body and measurements of 32-22-32. Now weightier by a scant 7 Ibs. Twiggy, 26, arrived at London's Ritz Hotel last week to plug her new autobiography and announce that she is branching out into matrimony. Her intended: American Actor Michael Whitney, 42. "She isn't much of a cook, but she makes a fabulous egg-and-chips and spaghetti sauce," says Whitney of his fiancée, whom he met more than two years ago. Though her modeling and acting careers...