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Hayes, undefeated in ten dual meets during the season, was such a shoo-in for the 200-yard butterfly title that sportswriters were already marking up the points when the news of his sickness came through. In his absence, the victory went to a man Hayes had thrashed earlier in the season, Frank Pratt of Army, in a time of 2:01.1. Hayes has swum 1:57.4. this year...
Sophomore Frank Costello is the only 6 ft., 10 in high jumper around and is a virtual shoo-in with Pardee out of the competition...
...this should have made Keating a shoo-in for reelection. Then came Jack Kennedy's assassination and a whole new equation...
...Shoo, Shoo, Shoo." As the Queen arrived in Quebec City, all Canada held its breath. Sailing up the St. Lawrence from Prince Edward Island, where she began her eight-day visit, the royal yacht Britannia docked at Wolfe's Cove, and for a full hour security police combed the area before the Queen and Prince Philip stepped ashore. In a bleakly unceremonial freight shed, she inspected the honor guard, listened to a welcoming speech by Premier Jean Lesage, then climbed into a bulletproof Cadillac for the drive to the Quebec Parliament Building-and a reception as chill...
...Parliament Building a crowd of 200 college-age youths began shouting "Quebec Libre" and chanting "Shoo, shoo, shoo." They dispersed when police flailed away with night sticks. The whole crowd in Parliament Square-a few of them pattering polite applause -hardly numbered 500. "You can count the crowd by counting the police -and then divide by two," said one newsman...