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...Woodstock (Suicide Six)--Good...
Died. Henry Wickham Steed, 84, scholarly editor (1919-22) of the Times of London, owner and editor of the Review of Reviews (1923-30), author (The Hapsburg Monarchy, Vital Peace) and lecturer; in Wootton-by-Woodstock, England. Famed Pundit Steed joined the Times in 1896, served as foreign correspondent in European capitals, was named editor by eccentric Press Tycoon Lord Northcliffe, in an effort to boost the paper's sagging influence. A respected confidant and adviser of world statesmen. Steed predicted the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was among the first to warn of the menace of Hitler...
...slalom race will be held on Suicide Six in Woodstock, Vt, this morning and the eight-mile cross-country is scheduled for Hanover in the afternoon. The downhill will be run Saturday morning on Mt. Sunapee, N.H., and the jumping in Hanover that afternoon on the 40-meter hill...
Guttorm Berge, 1GB, finished second in the Eastern Amateur Giant Slalom Championship yesterday at Woodstock, Vt. Berge placed third in the 1952 Olympic Slalom Championship for Norway...
When the hum of mutual compliments and tinkling of glasses had died away, it looked as if the gallery would soon have funds for not one but two rest rooms. To some Woodstock's gaiety seemed too close to complacency-none of the big names had produced works for the occasion that were important, or even particularly adventurous. Grumbled Abstract Sculptor Herman Cherry: "Cocktail parties . . . flourish like poison ivy in this vicinity." But most Woodstock artists find that oil and Martinis mix well enough, and that art need not be great to be worth while...