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...knock at the door. Four men filed in. "We're from Queen magazine Mr. Clay," said one. "Hope you were expecting us." Cassius bounced up, resplendent in a rainbow-hued sports shirt, eyes flashing, teeth gleaming in a wide and happy grin. "Are you local, national or international?" he asked...
Chandler, 64, had ample cause to believe that he could come back to win his third term as Governor. Through three decades and 13 elections, Kentucky had only once denied him victory at the polls. That was in 1938 when Happy, then Governor, tried to knock off one of the most popular Kentucky Democrats of all time: Senator (later Vice President) Alben W. Barkley. Thus this spring Happy confidently returned to the stump in his Bible-quoting, backslapping manner-and the crowds seemed to love him. Chandler had an enticing campaign promise: he would eliminate the 3% state sales...
...Knock-knock. Who's there? The Queen of Greece. And much to the surprise of Singer Marti Stevens, 31, daughter of U.S. Movie Magnate Nicholas Schenck, that's just who it was-frightened Queen Frederika, 46, and daughter Princess Irene, 20, fleeing into residential Three Kings Yard from a mob of Greek leftist demonstrators outside Claridge's hotel in London. "I offered her cognac," Marti explained, "but she said she preferred Scotch and soda." A diplomatic choice, for British officials were red-faced with apologies for the apparent snafu of security measures. But Frederika swiftly regained composure...
...slightest interference puts them out of action. A signal from a TV station thousands of miles away can be reflected off an airplane, or a satellite, or even a layer of air, and reach a radio telescope far over the curve of the earth with enough strength left to knock a delicate recording needle right off the scale...
...salary and testimonials, bet up to $500 on the games. Neither bet against his own team, and neither made much money. Except for one year when Hornung was ahead by $1,500, he just about broke even. Just the same, both players drew "indefinite" suspensions that might knock them out of football for good...