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...forceful hammering has been responsible for, among other things, the presence of basketball on the Olympic program, the N.C.A.A. basketball tourney, and for putting the spotlight on basketball gambling long before anyone else recognized the evil, let alone had the courage to publicize it. STEWART NEWLIN Publisher The Wellington Daily News Wellington. Kans...
...Happy Time. In Windsor, Ont., onetime Great Lakes Ship Captain Wellington B. Sphears, celebrating his 107th birthday, explained his long life: "I drank plenty of whisky and smoked all the black cigars I wanted. I still do when they'll give them...
Officialdumb. In Wellington, New Zealand, an irate housewife complained that she phoned the Department of Agriculture for help when her home was invaded by a buzzing swarm of wasps, was told that she would receive a circular on wasp control in the next mail...
...wish to say how grateful my countrymen and myself feel toward the club," said the guest of honor, Chinese Ambassador V. K. Wellington Koo, "for its magnificent contribution toward our common cause." And from Formosa there was a cable from Chiang Kaishek, expressing gratitude for the China Club's "continued sympathy and support for our fight against Communist aggression." Added the Generalissimo: "We treasure such friendship and support...
Died. Mabel Wellington White Stimson, 89, widow of Henry L. Stimson, four-time Cabinet member under Presidents Taft (1911-13), Hoover (1929-33), Roosevelt and Truman (1940-45); in Huntington...