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...Donahue, after hopping the hedges for a smooth 7.5 in the 60 yard hurdles had only a sixth place for consolation in the finals. Scorning a knee that swelled after hiting a hurdle in the semifinals, the fighting timber-topper led the field up to the first obstacle in the final, but lost his balance and his lead when he clipped the board...
...before the live puppet can become a boy he must become truthful, courageous, unselfish. His one constant companion in the adventures that test the little puppet is Jiminy Cricket, his conscience, "that still, small voice that nobody listens to." This worldly but goodhearted little insect, topped by a grey topper and swinging an umbrella ("a genuine Chamberlain" which he sometimes uses for a parachute), comes to work late the very first day, fails Pinocchio when he needs his conscience most, despairs when Pinocchio despairs, is chirpingly cheerful when the puppet is. He is a fresh little fellow, too, who always...
...Attending a Birthday Horse Show at the Army's Fort Myer, Va., left his usual evening topper at home. Instead he wore a soft, black English Homburg (gift of his military aide. "Pa"'Watson, who was struck with Anthony Eden's Homburg when the Britisher visited Washington last year...
...addition, Junior timber-topper Don Donahue has been entered in the star-studded high hurdles field, and Steve Madey is in the pole vault. On past performances, both men have a chance to place, and the whole six-man delegation should gain valuable indoor experience...
...topper thus far, thus spake McSheehy in debate against the removal of bodies from a potter's field...