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...that he was turning professional. A week later at Verbier, Switzerland, Kidd competed against 39 other pros in a series of races and schussed off with total winnings of $6,500 in what was billed as the first World Professional Skiing Championships. This week the touring pros moved into Vail, Colo., to race for $50,000 in prize money...
...second term in office, the Ellenburg controversy is unlikely to have any immediate political ramifications. There is, however, growing dissatisfaction among civic leaders with his performance. The Cleveland Plain Dealer, which had supported Stokes in his campaigns for office, printed an editorial last week signed by Editor-Publisher Thomas Vail. "Time is running out," wrote Vail. "The people of Cleveland will not stand for another fiasco in public safety...
Marietta is unusually strong for a midwestern crew, and Notre Dame and Purdue should provide the comic relief for spectators. The Fightin' Irish made it to the semi-finals of the Dad Vail Regatta last week, and have beaten such teams as Worcester Poly, Amherst, and Grand Valley State (Mich.). Wisconsin killed Purdue in an early race, mounting only a 28-strokes per minute closing sprint to finish off the Boilermakers...
...cable TV systems, the U.S. has been buried under a blanket of television. According to the Nielsen ratings service, approximately 95% of U.S. households have TV sets. But what of the remaining 5%? Some live in mountain areas like Appalachian Georgia, or the new ski-resort town of Vail, Colo., where cable TV has not yet penetrated. Some Americans cannot afford to buy a TV set, although more American homes have TV than have telephones or bathrooms, and, as the Kerner Commission reported, television is "the universal appliance in the ghetto." Thus, many of the 5% who do not have...
...Press in 1939, also tends to leave investigative reporting to the Plain Dealer. "You don't spend the resources of money, talent and readers' time going after every small wrongdoing," he says. "You don't use a fire hose to put out a match." Like Vail, however, he has put together a more youthful staff, hiring 19 reporters in their 20s. The Press still performs its customary services for Cleveland's powerful ethnic groups. A reporter annually tours Eastern Europe, relaying news of relatives back home. At the same time, he is instructed by Boardman...