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...years, CBS has been trying to find a worthy contender for NBC's Today show. Veterans and beginners were thrown into the 7-9 a.m. time slot: Walter Cronkite, Dick Van Dyke, Mike Wallace, Will Rogers Jr., Jimmy Dean. The only stayer was a kiddie show, Captain Kangaroo. Finally, CBS limited itself to a half-hour Morning News, which concentrated on national and foreign affairs...
...says McCrary, and investing another $2,000,000 in the company, Whitney can get 60% control. An estimated $2,000,000 more will be needed to pay off debts and put the Trib on a sound operating basis. McCrary is certain Whitney will buy in ("Jock's a stayer"). But Reid shrugged off questions with "You'll have to ask Mr. Whitney." and in London, Whitney would say only: "My interest in the Herald Tribune is continuing. Further talks are going...
...turf of Epsom Downs, Jockey Richards and Pinza justified their bettors' faith. At the last turn, famed Tattenham Corner, Richards saved ground by snugging close along the curving rail. In the stretch. where Richards' other horses have been tiring for a generation, Pinza proved to be a stayer. At the finish, Richards had his first Derby winner, by four lengths. Second in the field of 27: Queen Elizabeth's Aureole...
...reason Berlin can't sleep much at night may be that, as one of Manhattan's most chronic stayer-uppers (mostly with the bachelor Hoffman, who supplies him with the gossip of which he is so fond), he seldom uses nights for going to bed. This is only natural; the first half of his life was taken up with occupations that shunned the sun: waif on the Lower East Side, warbling ballads in saloons for small coins; singing waiter in a Bowery joint; song-plugger in the cabarets after theater hours; man-about-Times Square and minstrel...
...dead horse. Canastos was not dead, just subdued. In Panama last week, after shots of penicillin, Canastos was eating well and catching up on his rest. The veterinarian planned to remove the slugs, thought Canastos would run again. In Lima, horse fans remembered that Canastos always was a stayer...