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Lulu Perez, carried away by the unexpectedly easy victory, wept for joy, and his handlers covered his head with a towel for fear the fans would think their man a softie. The crowd, many of them from Willie's home town of Hartford, Conn., booed and jeered the champ, cracked that Willie had given far less than his all. New York Boxing Commissioner Robert Christenberry had no patience with such speculation: "Any evil talk is a slur on a once-great fighter who took the beating of his life. The result speaks for itself. This...
...water was boiling in the croup kettle that Irene Lingo was fixing for her five-month-old daughter, Laura Jean, when the baby kicked it over. The scalding liquid burned Laura Jean's back and one arm. Mrs. Lingo wiped her off with a towel, ran two blocks to summon her brother-in-law with his car, and in a few minutes presented the baby at the emergency room of small (112 beds) Woodlawn Hospital on Chicago's South Side...
...lonely four-room hideout in June. A tidy housekeeper, she kept a plentiful supply of canned goods, liquor and beer on hand, and $2,000 in sugar-bowl money. When she was arrested, she had just washed a man's white sweater and spread it neatly on a towel to dry. The men stuck close to the cabin, avoided the neighbors, whiled away the time with TV and table tennis. Thompson and Steinberg had gone to some pains to alter their appearances. Thompson, who had gained about 30 Ibs., had sprouted a foppish mustache, tinted his hair and mustache...
...Iness jubilantly tossed his towel in the air. But he was frankly a little surprised by his heave: "The discus left my hand so easy I didn't figure it was going very far. I never spun harder, but I didn't even finish with a grunt...
...shirts, try the standard jersey or polo shirt, or perhaps even a terrycloth sweater, ideal for beach-wear, since it can double for a towel. As for shoes, go barefoot, if possible, and if not, try tennis shoes...