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...stunning wife Imelda, Miss Manila 1954, who, at 36, is still so pret ty that the latest Filipino entry in the Miss Universe contest could declare without diplomatic deference that at least one woman in the islands was better-looking: the President's wife...
...banged out two hits in three trips against the Kansas City Athletics, boosted his batting average to .320, and allowed: "I stay lucky, I got a chance to win the title again." If Oliva does, he will be the first American Leaguer to win three straight batting championships since Ty Cobb...
...qualified to serve-clergymen, lawyers, doctors, newsmen-are precisely the ones exempted. Some judges complain that juries, either through dumbness or perversity, ignore instructions and promote government by men rather than laws. For 13 years, Authors Kalven and Zeisel have probed such complaints through the Ford Foundation-financed Universi ty of Chicago Jury Project-even to the extent of once bugging a Wichita jury room and scandalizing Congress in the process. Now, after questioning 550 judges who presided over 3,576 jury trials across the country, the authors conclude that the freedom of a jury to inject its own sense...
...been called "the Ty Cobb of squash." "Vic would chew glass to win," says his former Harvard coach, John Barnaby. Niederhoffer has been accused, on occasion, of being a "court hog," deliberately getting in his opponents' way-a capital crime in squash. ("There are two ways of dealing with a court hog," explains a player. "First you talk to him. Then you let him have it right in the butt.") He is also a bit too temperamental for traditionalists' tastes-protesting volubly whenever he thinks an opponent has blocked his way, flinging his arms toward heaven when...
Detroit traditionally has stressed style and speed in automobiles ahead of safe ty. But considering the carnage on the highways (49,000 traffic deaths last year), and under continued pressure from the Government, the industry has been moving gradually to make cars safer. Last week the automen took an other step. General Motors announced that it is adding two new safety features as standard equipment on all its ]967 models, which will appear this fall...