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...Jules Verne: Around the World in 80 Days It was enough to titillate the great storyteller's ghost. The wackiest ocean race of all time, it started in a cozy English club, the consequence of a five-bob (70?) wager between a balding ex-commando and a bespectacled manufacturer of pocket maps. The wager made, War Hero H. G. ("Blondie") Hasler and Mapmaker Francis Chichester approached the prestigious Royal Western Yacht Club for official sanction. Their casual proposition: to sail the perilous Atlantic, from Plymouth to New York, into the teeth of the prevailing westerlies -one lone...
Yesterday's contest was one of the wackiest affairs seen at Soldiers Field in quite some time. The Crimson had amassed a 9-0 lead, when a savage downpour practically washed the players off the field. The game was, at the time, in the top of the fifth inning and only three outs shy of being "official." It will be replayed, if possible, some time within the next week...
Colored Wigs. Wackiest novelty since Hula Hoops is a gamin-style wig of acetate yarn that comes in 17 shades, including blue, green, bright red, and purple. Manufactured by David & David of Brooklyn, now selling 4,000 a day, the wig can be styled further by the owner. Price...
...time in five years the Crimson sextet faces the strong possibility of no invitation to the post-season NCAA playoffs to be held three weeks hence at Troy, N.Y. A more difficult question is who will get the nod, for this winter's Eastern intercollegiate hockey has been the wackiest in recent years...
Currently, "Pat" Tanner has little to fear from Hollywood scouts or from critical sharpshooters. For weeks last year he set a record by having three of his books on the bestseller lists at the same time. Since January 1955 the wackiest aunt since Charley's has been Tanner's fairy godmother. With sales of more than 1,000,000 copies in hard and soft covers, Auntie Mame's book, play and screen loot has grossed 36-year-old Tanner most of his first half-million ("After taxes, I have an incrumb of 15? on the dollar...