Word: alabamians
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...premature March squall, Tallulah Bankhead blew into Washington, D.C., and set up a noisier commotion than both Houses of Congress combined. Invited by Alabama's Democratic Representative Frank ("Everything's made for love") Boykin to testify on the capital's need for a civic auditorium, Alabamian Bankhead gave her blessing to the project, but begged off from appearing in a Valentine message to "Darling Congressman Boykin." Scrawled she: "Ten a.m. is an unprecedented time for a child of the grease paint to cope with the sandman." Since Tallulah would not go to Capitol Hill...
...Crimson won every event in which it entered, letting Andover capture the pole vault. Yardling winners included Leo Daley with a double in the discus and weight throw; Jim Cairns in the 1000; Dave McLean in the mile; Paul Alabamian in the shot put; Mike Robertson in the 300; Dick Wharton in the 600; and Henry Moore in the high jump...