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May 8, 1949

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GOSSIP OF THE RIALTO

By Lewis Funke

LAST week, on Mayor O'Dwyer's order, Investigation Commissioner John M. Murtagh began the latest of the city's drives against theatre ticket gougers. Although sensible people on Broadway recognize that a move was bound to come in a season that produced such tremendous hits as "Death of a Salesman," "South Pacific" and "Kiss Me, Kate," they cannot help wondering what in the end will be achieved.

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YALE TRACK TEAM DOWNS PRINCETON; Fuchs and Frank Pace Elis to 14th Dual Victory in Row, 82-58 -- Wade Wins Mile YALE TRACK TEAM DOWNS PRINCETON

By Joseph M. Sheehanspecial To the New York Times

PRINCETON, N. J., May 7 -- Paced by its two brawny Olympians, Jim Fuchs and Vic Frank, Yale's track and field squad ran to fourteen straight its three-year string of dual meet victories by defeating Princeton, 82 to 58, in the forty-fourth meeting between the Eastern Intercollegiate League rivals today.

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