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Originally called pelota (ball) and played with the bare hand against church walls in the Basque country three centuries ago, the game gradually evolved until three concrete walls were used instead of one, and a cesta (wicker basket shaped like a pelican's lower bill) was strapped onto the...
Members of Congress tremble before what "Washington Merry-Go-Round" may say about them-and T. Corcoran provides it with plenty to say. Evidence of his press sagacity is his occasional use also of such panting Liberals as Columnist John F. Carter (alias Jay Franklin).
Information Please (Tues. 8:30 p.m., NBC-Blue). Critic Clifton Fadiman leads his corps of experts through radio's merry and most scholarly question-and-answer bee. The experts: Newspaper Columnist Franklin Pierce Adams, Sportswriter John Kieran, Novelist Alice Duer Miller.
Theft In Sacramento, Calif., A. Nelson reported to police that during the night someone had stolen his merry-go-round.
The rules forbade kissing at the church altar between bride and bridegroom; the throwing of confetti or rice (an ancient fertility symbol) at the church door. Banned was secular and operatic music such as the Wagner and Mendelssohn wedding marches, Oh, Promise Me, At Dawning etc. Instead, Dr. Piepkorn recommended...