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...girl who will be Queen has already resigned her teaching post and moved from her London flat into royal quarters. At Clarence House, home of the popular "Queen Mum," Elizabeth's mother, and just 200 yds. from Buckingham Palace, she will doubtless be instructed in some of the finer nuances of royal protocol. She has presumably already satisfied the royal doctors that she can bear healthy children and has no family history of hereditary maladies. Asked if she feels prepared for the life ahead of her, the future Queen of England responded in the sweet, storybook style that...
Swimming as the fifth seed in the finals of the mile, Gildea took her first 500-yds. out in a fast 5:06 and then hung on to finish fourth with a 17:11 despite the fact that her right kneecap popped out of joint at the 800-yd. mark...
...afternoon was supposed to be the 1000-yd. freestyle, but Hackett, Countryman and Ted Chappell decided that they needed some practice in the 1650-yd. free as well. Thus after finishing 1-2-3 in the official race, the Crimson trio went on to swim the extra 650 yds. to see how they could...
Minutes pass before the alarm is raised. By then the floe has become an immense island ten miles long and five miles wide. Already more than 100 yds. of dark water separate it from Ohio. The ice fishermen know it may soon begin to break up. Some make for the shoreward side, in hopes that small boats manned by local fire brigade volunteers will find them. When rescue boats finally do crunch up to the ice and begin taking people aboard a captain has to explain, "We came to rescue you, not your stuff." As they are ferried to shore...
...game was not as close as the score. Even though Philadelphia Quarterback Ron Jaworski attempted 38 passes, a Super Bowl record, completing 18, for 291 yds., the Eagles were lame on the ground, gaining only 69 yds. Philadelphia's main problem was Oakland Quarterback Jim Plunkett, the Super Bowl M.V.P., who seemed to have all day to pass-and did, completing 13 of 21 for three touchdowns. Plunkett had waited a long time for his moment of glory, enduring injury in New England, humiliation in San Francisco and, finally, a year on the bench at Oakland...