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Before the second heat of the race (at a mile-and-a-sixteenth), Verhurst was asked whether he had bet on his horse. Said Verhurst: "Hell, no. She's liable to lose." This time Verhurst was right. Proximity lost by a neck to Demon Hanover, won $1,500 second place money. Verhurst seemed almost pleased: "There, see, I told you she'd lose." It was Proximity's second defeat in 14 heats this year...
...visitor to the plant, watching blue flames flickering from an engine's exhaust, remarked brightly: "Actually, you people simply are trying to contain and control fire, aren't you?" Replied a Pratt & Whitney veteran: "Yes, and that's simply all the devil has to do in hell, too, as I understand...
Aging (71) Jimmy Byrnes, who stayed haughty and aloof during the primary, easily won the governorship. That solved one problem for friends of the ex-Senator, ex-Supreme Court Justice, ex-Secretary of State. Said he: "A lot of folks . . . have been telling me they had a hell of a time figuring out what to call me. But now they can call me governor...
...industry thought a year ago that its long-gushing boom was trickling out. In its hell-far-leather expansion, the industry had overtaken all demand and for the first time since World War II found itself producing more oil than it could sell. State commissions, which set the legal flow of oil from wells in the five big producing states, cut back the allowable production, to prevent a bigger glut...
...through the throng outside the morgue gates to view his body, Maria Giuliano at last broke down. "My blood," she croaked hoarsely, "my own blood." Then, turning fiercely towards a bank of news photographers, she spat out, "It's you who've brought my son to hell...