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...flesh and blood, but mainly flesh, world of Soho provides a background of night life and street life, strippers and whores (it's pre-Wolfenden and Street Offenses Act). Harvey's treatment of his common-law wife, Sylvia Syms, an ecydysiast who wants to be a singer, heightens the immediacy of the theme of survival of the fittest...
...Donna de Varona, 13, a 102-lb minnow from Berkeley, who turned in the most stunning performance of the meet. Trailing World Record-holder Sylvia Ruuska by two strokes in the last lap of the exacting 400-meter individual medley (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle). Donna summoned a last burst of speed, overtook 18-year-old Sylvia in the final yards, broke the world record by almost...
...four ballet evenings, the Festival presented a company headed by Andre Eglevsky (who had also performed at the 1956 and 1958 Festivals). Paired up with Melissa Hayden, the two demonstrated their renowned artistry in pas de deux from Tchaikovsky's Black Swan and Delibe's Sylvia. The pleasantest surprise was the dancing of young Edward Villella; his entrechats were breathtaking, and his consummate general control clearly places him on the verge of a noble career. Most of the dancers in the company were from the New York City Ballet. Among the other items on the program was the world premiere...
...SYLVIA BUMILLER Blackwood...
...Philip Goldsmith, 52, was named president of Bates Manufacturing Co., Maine's largest textile company (1959 sales: $38 million). He was the choice of Bates's chairman and chief stockholder, Mrs. Sylvia Martin, widow of Bates's last president, Lester Martin. Goldsmith is also president of Mojud Co., will keep both jobs. London born, he migrated to Brooklyn after World War I, started as a sample boy in a hosiery firm, by 30 owned his first mill. In 1940 he bought the Diamond hosiery firm (150 employees), sold it in 1954 (sales: $8,000,000; employees...