WEST GERMANY: A Champion

Alston Hoosman, 38, is a handsome, laughing bulk of a man (6 ft. 5 in., 225 Ibs.) who has always wanted to be a champion. He fought his way up to sixth place on the boxing press's list of U.S. heavyweights before Joe Louis knocked him out in Oakland, Calif, in 1949; then he drifted off to Europe, where he won some notice but not top billing as an actor in German films and TV. Last week Al Hoosman found himself an acknowledged champion at last—champion of the 5,000 luckless children born in Germany to U.S. Negro G.I.s and the...

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