Word: abell
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ABEL F. LEMES Oakland, Calif...
...When the lackluster Detroit Red Wings shambled through a 5-0 defeat at the hands of the New York Rangers and fell to within a point of the National Hockey League cellar, Coach Sid Abel took quick action, socked 14 of his 18 players with $100 fines for what he called the worst Detroit performance in 20 years. ¶ Terry Brennan, rudely fired last December as head football coach at Notre Dame despite a winning career record (32-18), turned his back on a clutch of other college offers, announced at a testimonial dinner in Chicago that he was joining...
...Company might easily crash to bits. Happily, the authors have a feeling for tone, and have made the talk-half insulting and half elegant-a nice blend of spit and polish. The Donald Oenslager set is stylish. And with the help of a pleasant cast-Co-Author Skinner, Walter Abel, Charlie Ruggles, Dolores Hart, George Peppard-Cyril Ritchard has carried things farther. Acting papa, he has the grace and precision of a lithe figure skater; directing the play, he keeps things high in the air, like a skillful balloonist...
...precision done with ease. Ritchard, who looks as if he's been watching Rex Harrison, clearly had the part written for him and does it with a blinding polish. Miss Skinner is funny and of course an accomplished actress, but she's still much better on her own. Walter Abel acts suitably imposed upon as Ritchard's host. Charlie Ruggles makes an interesting character out of the dull role of Miss Skinner's father. The two young people, Dolores Hart and George Peppard, look pretty green next to first-rate comedy people; the girl is particularly stiff, but they...
Junketeer. In Lille, France, Abel Pauchet, 36, a part-time scrap-metal collector, was held by police for cutting a 15-ft. section out of the Lille-Tourcoing telephone cable...