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Somebody else had gone into the water a few minutes before Shirley May, but nobody had paid much attention. She was also an American, a professional swimmer named Florence Chadwick, 31, from San Diego, Calif. There had been almost no build-up for her at all. Florence had not been able to pay for the trip and training expenses, so she had taken a job as a secretary with the Arabian American Oil Co. The company had paid her way abroad; Florence had kept in practice with after-work swims in the Persian Gulf...
...Duchess of Idaho (MGM) is an Esther Williams musical, i.e., a pretty body of water surrounded by clichés. It shows plenty of the human form, mostly Swimmer Williams', against the travel-folder backdrop of Sun Valley in Technicolor. The makeshift plot stops and goes at the convenience of the songs, dances and fancy splashing...
...Swimmer Shirley May France, 17, sailed for Europe to take another crack at the English Channel. Trim and chipper, she was eating two steaks a day, weighed...
...ever called F.D.R. an s.o.b. to his face: Leon Henderson. Myrna Loy was the President's favorite actress, and he loved poker. He saved and filed Christmas cards and he kept the bullet fired at him by an assassin in Miami. When F.D.R. flew to Casablanca, a strong swimmer was brought along to keep him afloat should the plane crash...
Each month the research librarians answer about 5,000 requests for facts and background material. Some of them are one-of-a-kinds: How much does the U.S. budget weigh? What is a sneeze? Was Julius Caesar a good swimmer? Did Shakespeare wear a nightgown? How much money was bet at U.S. race tracks on Memorial...