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Died. Ned Sparks (real name: Edward A. Sparkman), 73, sulphur-voiced, sourpuss cynicomedian (Lady for a Day, Imitation of Life), who once asked Lloyd's of London for $100,000 insurance against having a picture taken of him grinning ("I didn't get this wooden face by accident. It's been my trademark, and it's paid me well"); of an intestinal block; in Victorville, Calif...
...Army's claim that it ought to have its own intermediate-range ballistic missile. "Both technically and tactically this weapon is very similar to artillery," he said, "and very dissimilar to aircraft." Nickerson's attorney, Robert K. Bell, former law partner of Alabama's Senator John Sparkman, implied that during the trial he might well grill high defense officials, from Charles Erwin Wilson on down...
...morally or legally, to obligate the Congress to appropriate funds in the future." Even so, the spending section of the Middle East resolution remained in trouble-until unexpected help came from a small band of Democratic Senators led by Massachusetts' Jack Kennedy, and including Alabama's John Sparkman, Missouri's Tom Hennings and Stuart Symington, Colorado's John Carroll, Idaho's Frank Church and Rhode Island's John Pastore...
EASIER CREDIT for small business is being pushed in Congress. Chairman Sparkman of the Senate Small Business Committee is calling for creation of privately-operated national investment companies, financed in part by Federal Reserve banks, to make long-term loans and invest in stock of small companies. He also wants Government to insure 90% of value of any small business loan...
Alabama (26 votes): Headed by Senator John Sparkman (who hopes to be on the ticket with Adlai Stevenson again), the delegation is expected to give Stevenson at least 17 first-ballot votes, scatter the rest, e.g., Lyndon Johnson ½, Stuart Symington 1, Richard Russell...