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...Wet Blanket. In Miami Beach, after being asked to dive into a swimming pool at the climax of the Waterworks Association's annual convention, Jackie Johnsen, Miss American Waterworks of 1960, declined the honor, explaining: "I'm afraid of the water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 13, 1960 | 6/13/1960 | See Source »

...occasion was the annual stomp-and-holler staged by SHARE (Share Happily and Reap Endlessly), a charity for retarded children run by 63 Hollywood wives. The bash was wet, gaudy and bawdy, although there were a few touches straight out of the Ottawa Hills, Ohio, High School Junior prom-such as pink and blue balloons, some personally blown up by the wives, which further confused the week-end-on-Venus decor of Hollywood's Moulin Rouge. Costume dress was optional, but most of the folks came in their work clothes-Gary Cooper in Stetson and Levi's, Barbara...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: Fun Night | 5/23/1960 | See Source »

...Verwoerd's harsh policy of apartheid. Taking heart from Verwoerd's steady recovery in a Pretoria hospital (last week doctors successfully operated to remove both of the assassin's bullets), the Afrikaners riposted by accusing the English-speakers of divided loyalties. Nationalist M.P. Dr. Carel de Wet shouted: "The real enemy of the white man is the white...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: The Other Struggle | 5/16/1960 | See Source »

...Paul Riley, 15. first came upon the scene during one of his evening rambles about the London suburb of Richmond, the youngster was entranced. There was a dark lane leading through weathered buildings to the Thames. Paul sketched it a few times, finally painted it when the streets were wet and the sky leaden. At Easter, when his father, an art teacher, was packing up some of his own canvases for the annual Summer Show at the Royal Academy of Art in London, he suggested that Paul send in something too, and Paul chose Water Lane, Richmond. "Have a bash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Academician, j.g. | 5/9/1960 | See Source »

After ramrodding General Tire for 45 years, W.O. is not ready to retire. That was not the import of last week's shifts. While Jerry gets his feet wet in the presidency, his father will still be around asking questions like "Why the hell aren't you fellows making more money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDUSTRY: Those O'Neils | 4/18/1960 | See Source »

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