¶At Canakkale, Turkey, Swimmer Florence Chadwick rounded out a breathless grand slam of four channels in five weeks by swimming the Dardanelles in the round-trip time of less than two hours in the choppy waters. Now the conqueror of the English Channel, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Bosporus and the Dardanelles, Swimmer Chadwick, 33, announced her retirement: "This is a sport for younger people. I think I'll take up golf." ¶ For an estimated $8,000 a year, First Lieut. Arnold Galiffa. 26, onetime West Point quarterback and 1949 All-America, gave up his Army career after three years (eight months in Korea...
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