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Manry was welcomed by Ohio Senator Frank Lausche and Cleveland Mayor Ralph Locher. The mayor handed him the key to the city and hailed his "courage and faith." Fifteen hundred people crowded into the Sheraton-Cleveland Hotel for a luncheon in his honor. Said Plain Dealer Publisher Tom Vail: "Here is a man who is not afraid to back up his dreams with action...
...small, roofless dock where islanders assemble for a beer or two after races. Three or four fairly primitive tennis courts have been rolled out in the woods on a couple of larger islands. One established resident is Lucien Wulsin, president of Baldwin Pianos, another is Dr. Derrick Vail, famed eye surgeon. Adlai Stevenson is a frequent visitor. Desbarats is, as a Chicago women's editor sighed, "very, very chic...
...year round. Aspen, where Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy and her children skied last winter, in summer swarms with intellectuals and scholars attending the Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies, and this year will draw music lovers for a festival and a conference on contemporary music, featuring lectures by distinguished composers. Vail is a bustling new ski resort built to look like an Alpine village. Texas Financier John Murchison has built a home there, IBM Chairman Thomas Watson owns an apartment, and the resort is luring summer visitors with its gourmet restaurants, heated pools, and facilities for riding, hiking and fishing...
This winter, instead of competing in Europe, the Americans stayed home to acclimate themselves to the Rockies' 11,000-ft. altitude, and practice on Vail's dry, powdery snow - quite unlike the hard-packed Alpine surfaces...
Obviously, there is no home-court advantage in skiing. At last week's American International ski meet at Vail, Colo., competing on a mountain they had never seen before, the Austrians and French proved once again that they are more than a match for the best skiers the U.S. can produce...