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...China. In Geneva the marathon talks between the U.S. and Communist China over the release of Chinese-held U.S. prisoners and "other practical matters at issue" entered their twelfth month. Principal result to date: eight of the 19 prisoners have been released...
...last year's finals, Purnell took Place to five sets before losing 5-7, 6-1, 1-6, 6-2, 7-5, in a three hour marathon match...
Last week's $166 million bond-signing marathon, to finance the first 631,000-kw. unit at Priest Rapids, climaxed a four-year tug-of-war over the quiet Columbia River valley. In 1950 Congress authorized 100% federal financing, for Priest Rapids, as recommended by the Army Corps of Engineers. But in 1952 P.U.D. Manager Glenn Smothers, Attorney Nat Washington Jr. and fellow Grant County inhabitants, who were convinced that the power project could and should be locally financed, battled public-power advocates in Congress to win legislation withdrawing Priest Rapids from the federal projects list. In rapid succession...
...Iron-Man Zatopek ran a poor fifth in a 5,000-meter race in Prague). The mystery, however, was not solved by one bad showing of the Communists' greatest Olympics record-smasher (in the 5,000-and 10,000-meter runs, and the 26-mile, 385-yd. marathon). Only Zatopek's presence and performance in the Olympics will disclose whether his ailment, as diagnosed by his Red mentors, is a sprained ankle or a sprained tongue...
...Secretary James C. Hagerty was dressing. "Dr. Snyder thinks you'd better get down here right away," said the White House telephone operator. Jim Hagerty managed to gulp a glass of milk and two pieces of toast-and rushed off to two sleepless days of a grueling news marathon. While the drama's main actor lay behind the scenes, Jim Hagerty held the center of the stage, almost the only source of public information on the President's condition until Ike was well out of danger...