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Sports

NBA: Minneapolis Lakers vs. Syracuse Nationals Series: 4-3
NCAA Football: Ohio State & UCLA Record:10-0-0 & 9-0-0
Heisman Trophy: Alan Ameche, wisconsin, FB points: 1,068
Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings vs. Montreal Canadiens Series: 4-3
World Cup: West Germany vs. Hungary Score: 3-2
World Series: New York Giants vs. Cleveland Indians Series: 4-0

Academy Awards

Best Picture: "On the Waterfront"
Best Director: Elia Kazan ..."On the Waterfront"
Best Actor: Marlon Brando ..."On the Waterfront"
Best Actress: Grace Kelly ... "The Country Girl"

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
PAULING, LINUS CARL, U.S.A., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, b. 1901, d. 1994: "for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances"

Literature
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST MILLER, U.S.A., b. 1899, d. 1961: "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style"

Peace
OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES Geneva, an international relief organization, founded by U.N. in 1951.

Physiology or Medicine
The prize was awarded jointly to: ENDERS, JOHN FRANKLIN, U.S.A., Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,; Research Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Medical Center, Boston, MA, b. 1897, d. 1985; WELLER, THOMAS HUCKLE, U.S.A., Research Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Medical Center, Boston, MA, b. 1915; and ROBBINS, FREDERICK CHAPMAN, U.S.A., Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, b. 1916: "for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue"

Physics
The prize was divided equally between: BORN, MAX, Great Britain, Edinburgh University, b. 1882 (in Breslau, then Germany), d. 1970: "for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction"; and BOTHE, WALTHER, Germany, Heidelberg University, Max-Planck Institut (former Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut) fŸr medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, b. 1891, d.1957: "for the coincidence method and his discoveries made therewith."

Pulizer Prizes

Drama: John Patrick ... "The Teahouse of the August Moon"
Fiction; Bruce Catton ... "A Stillness at Appomattox"
History: Jim G. Lucas ... "Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance"
International Reporting: Richard Wilson ... "Des Moines Register & Tribune"
Public Service: "Newsday" (Garden City, NY)

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