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Last week 66 of the swans sailed straight into a shower of bilge water disgorged by a ship and disgracefully dirtied their majestic plumage. The Vintners' swan master called for immediate action. Men in rowboats crowded the swans against the dock, fished them out one by one and hauled them away in vans to an R.S.P.C.A. clinic at Putney...
Summer Theater (Mon. 10 p.m., CBS). Maria Riva in Molnar's The Swan...
...completed her formal training, began as a soloist, and over the years danced her supple way to stardom in Leningrad and at Moscow's Bolshoi Theater, where she has been a top-ranking ballerina for six years. She has become famous for her roles in Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Romeo and Juliet. For her poetic warmth based on flawless technique, critics lucky enough to have seen her dance rank her with Pavlova...
...Adagio from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, Ulanova, with muscular Partner Juri Kondratov, sparkled through a rigorous program with top polish and variety: a selection from Schumann's Carnaval, Chopin's Waltz No. 7, a bit from Glière's Red Poppy, Death of the Swan to music by Saint-Saëns, and an overawing acrobatic finale, Rubinstein's Waltz. Each number drew loud, continuous roars...
...Andy Stanfield also doubled (100-yd. dash and 220-yd. low hurdles), and the Illinois Athletic Club's Rev. Bob Richards pole-vaulted 15 ft. (for the ninth time). ¶The University of Delaware's lacrosse team, over Western Maryland, 17-2, as Delaware's Don Swan scored eleven goals to set a national scoring record of 65 goals in a season*; at Westminster...