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...fine and, all other things being equal, he was still young enough to take a prison sentence in stride. But Jimmy Hoffa had built his whole reputation on being an awesomely smart guy. And that reputation could hardly survive being caught with the goods while pulling an incredibly stupid stunt...
Almost instantly, news of the split-second drama raced across the nation. Loudly Lawyer-Governor Knight explained : "I did everything possible to give Mr. Davis every opportunity to develop anything new in the case. This he could not do. In return he staged a dramatic stunt-with no legal ground to stand on-by waiting until the very last minute and then appealing for still another stay...
...Academy of Television Arts and Sciences trundled a star-heavy cargo of TV folk into the nation's living rooms last week for its ninth annual paean to itself. Traditionally, the Emmy ceremony has been little more than a gigantic promotion stunt disguised as a spectacular, with self-conscious emphasis on quantity over quality; this year the awards committees pared the categories down from last year's 41 to 29. Still there was a striking imbalance. Caesar's Hour, which may be dropped by NBC at season's end, won five of the awards. Free-lancing...
...paid to Arthur Radford further symbolizes a new military appreciation in this new military age for the quiet man in the big picture who sits and thinks and thereby saves lives and deters wars. Once Arthur Radford was one of the hottest pilots in the Navy, leading an aerial stunt team called the High. Hatters, even standing in as stuntman for Clark Gable in the epic Hell Divers. But one of his wingmen of those days now prefers to dwell upon the solid and undramatic way that Radford led his men on the routine patrols. "Raddy had it even then...
...with its new models, is urging its 9,000 dealers to buy or lease new Chevrolets and Fords, display them alongside their Plymouths. Bouncing back from 80% dip in profits last year, company is spending more than $1,000,000 to push its "Compare All Three" stunt...