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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hill was not the only fixed winner in the Journal contest. Another was Robert Alvich, 53, a hotel desk clerk. A chronic puzzle contestant. Alvich bit on an anonymous telephone caller's proposal to make him a cinch winner. Following orders, Alvich phoned Detroit, where another anonymous voice gave him the answer to the Journal's current Cashword Puzzle. Sure enough, Alvich won $2,950 and. still following instructions, wired $2,000 to one "Harry Valk'' in Detroit. Meantime, a Portland disk jockey. Fitzgerald ("Eager") Beaver, admitted that he had been similarly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Fix Is the Word | 3/9/1959 | See Source »

Thus, the winner tonight, who will represent the Ivies in the upcoming NCAA tournament, will probably be the better squad--although anything can happen. But no matter who triumphs, it is almost a sure thing that powerful West Virginia, winner of the Southern Conference title, will outclass either in the first round of the tourney...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Indians, Tigers Play For Ivy Hoop Crown | 3/7/1959 | See Source »

Judges in the contest were Attilio Poto, conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra and Randall Thompson '20, Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music. The orchestra will play "Variations on a Melody" at its annual spring concert in Sanders Theatre. On the same program it will present the winner in its concerto contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stewart Wins Prize | 3/7/1959 | See Source »

Joel Landau, the Crimson's ace hurdler, would have been the favorite in his event a week ago. But Landau has been having trouble with his form, and last week in the IC4A meet he was eliminated in the semifinals. The eventual winner in the IC4A, sophomore Angelo Sinisi of Brown, could finish first if Landau slips, and Keith Moore of Yale, the 1957 champion, will also be a threat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Varsity to Enter Heptagonal Meet Today | 3/7/1959 | See Source »

Twenty years later, Behrman encountered Howard in Hollywood and inquired after the whereabouts of the Prize-winner, whose name he had forgotten. "Oh, I saw him just last week," said Howard. "I went with Sam Goldwyn to Tijuana, and we had just entered a gambling house, when I heard a voice: 'Hello, Sidney!' It was the fellow who won the Castle Square Prize; he was the croupier...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Anecdotal Playwright | 3/6/1959 | See Source »

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