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    . LOS ANGELES EVENING & SUNDAY ! HERALD EXAMINER 0. 540.???·sON- 529(466 1 MAY 18 1969 ^ STANCE AND STYLE OF ^MftA^l^^ Two-time Olympic Gomes diving champion Sum- my Lee is oil smiles over announcement that he will be honored at City of Hope's third annual Sportsmen's World Awards Banquet June 28 in Las Vegas. Lee Among Sports' Best l Dr. Samimy Lee, one of America's most outstanding Olympic performers, will be among those honored at the third annual Sportmen's World Awards banquet in Las Vegas on June 28. ! The genial physician, a springboard and MgMiving champion for 15 years, was a heavy favorite in the waiter sports category. According to ballots cast by more than a hundred leading sportscasters and sportswriters across the' country. Dr. Lee will be one of a doz- en athletic greats of the past to receive golden ?╟úVictor?╟Ñ sta- tuettes, symbol of the Sports- men's World Awards. The event at the Sands Hotel is sponsored by the Sportsmen's Club for the City of Hope, with proceeds going to sup- port the free, nonsectarian 'Pilot Medical Center. A native Californian, Dr. Lee rose to sports prominence whgn he won the national AAU outdoor platform diving crown in 1940, representing Occidental College. Two years later, he captured the senior 3-meter springboard and plat* form diving championships, representing the Pasadena * A.C. He repeated the platform diving title in 1946. ?║ As an Olympic competitor, Sammy Lee proved to be a worthy ambassador as wen as outstanding competitor. One of the moist popular athletes lSgfeand 1952 Olympics, ^'wayfcown for his'wiling- t.fss ta-^p younger divers from 'every other nation. He 01 y m p i c diving crowns at London and Helsin- ki. He also was awarded the James E. Sullivan Men?╟╓s Tro- phy in 1953, as ?╟úthe American athlete who did the most to advance the cause of good sportsmanship." Following a stint in the U.S.Army Medical Corps, Dr. Lee took up his medical practice in Santa Ana where he now is an ear-nose throat specialist. HOLLYWOOD REPORTER HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. D. 11.000 ' JUL 1 *1969 ^ Coast*to*Coast With BOB HULL HOWARD HUGHES POPPED for a big bundle, in secret, for the City of Hope's charity affair, the Third, Annua I Sportsman's AwardslnLas Vegas over the weekend. . . . The Myst ef^f^^paid roroOO plane tickets to fly in celebrities and sports figures, 340 rooms to house most of 'em at the Sands, Desert Inn and Hotel Frontier, and picked up the tab for the 850rseat banquef^ . . . Affair raised a total of 200 thousand, with. Art Linkletter at his quipping best emceeing in place of Joey Bishop,.-who had to pull out of the assignment because of network commitments. "?╟╓V~i . Lome Greene is among, 26 prominent Canadians who'N receive the Medal of Service from the Consulate General of Canada. . . . Ruth Buzzi vyill cross channels to do a Leslie Uggams show guesting sbon as she returns from the "Laugh-In" tour. . . . Tennessee Ernie Ford shbuId line iup lome diction lessons with Prof. Higgins. His next special will be done * in England, if producer Digby Wolfe has his way. Hillbilly cockney? . . . Diane Baker admitted during a guesting on Allen Ludden's Gallery show that she once lost a beauty contest. She shouldn't be upset. Sophia Loren lost her first beauty match, too, but one of the judges later became her husband, Carlo Ponti. ... Ed Sullivan will be 67 on Sept. 28, day he begins his 22nd year on the tube. HOLLYWOOD REPORTER HOLLYWOOD, CAUF. 0. 11,000 MAY 22 1969 \ toCoast With BOB HULL ________ FUNNY WAY TO RUN A TV FACTORY c. , , . . shortly on when the local NBC station KNBC w'li ?? deucls'on is t0 be documentary, "Slow Guillotine " hut W re_run the hard-hitting sn Plant is the SHHSKSB W??,r,d.ar??Und the halls ^e Burbc 1 a.m.l . . Mij^i bfam ?╜ve nights in a row- McMohon on the Steve AL svnSto9 ?? Dick??oir' and M .??.?? futu?Σ≤ ipk; rirr;prr^s'st':?╟úm?╟ ?╟Ñ" ???? afternoons in some cities and hnc ?╜ i TItJ nis show airs mornings a Bishop couldn't mTke t so Ar? Lteklli T aU^nCe ??f V^gsters.. .. Jc World Awards banquet'at 1 wPPed m to emcee IP Sportsmo, taped for telecast next night an" Jt"e 28?╟  Affa,V Wi" talked Ray Charles into Hoinr. WMa ""aginative reporter at Vog looking gig! In '?? Pi* .h. S mag reporting on "the world of th* // 6 * * * B,09raP*T a new nation published in Washington D C AnT? mokesuitS Lbow in August. It'll I seven years, uwho hasn't worked in ov With her in the sea are Gene Rn P dj this week for her return bo\ Dlok Wilson up 2"^GSS&* >'?√ß ?√ß Of course. h,S Al CaP??ne feature, non-violen