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Scheduled to leave this week for the International Poliomyelitis Conference in Copenhagen, Sister Elizabeth Kenny told reporters in Sydney, Australia that her 40-year fight against polio was moving inexorably toward an end. Said she: "I am unwell and incurably so. I only hope I will be spared the time to come home again. I am very happy in my beautiful Toowoomba home among my own relatives and the people among whom I made my discoveries on poliomyelitis. I want to end my days at home."
From Temple, N.H., his family announced that Senator Charles W. Tobey's state of "exhaustion" last month had really been a cerebral hemorrhage from which he is recovering "slowly but surely."
In Hollywood's Gilmore Field, some 11,000 fans turned out to see a wacky softball game billed as the "Out of This World Series." After Captains Bob Hope and Gary Cooper met at home plate, grabbed a bat and mugged for the cameras, the shenanigans got under way. Final score: unknown—no one bothered to tot it up. But a total of $20,000 in gate receipts was turned over to charity.