Word: alex
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...April Fool stunt was another Shevelson attempt to pep up the pocket-sized magazine he took over 15 months ago. In the year and a half before he arrived, Pageant had lost $400,000, and Publisher Alex L. Hillman (who also owns a dozen pulps and comics) was getting ready to shut it down. Intense, hard-working Harris Shevelson, who had moved over from the managing editor's chair at Coronet, zipped up Pageant's articles and covers, put in more pictures. Circulation for March was 350,000, and 400,000 copies were printed for April. Pageant...
Other men in Cambridge during recess will be: Charlie Rimmer, Art Rouner, Bill Saltonstall, Dave Stone, Frank Strong, Bob Taggart, Mike Thompson, Fletcher Tomic, Alex Aldrich, Russell Bath, George Furness, Bill Leavitt, and George Walker...
...Billikens. Top-seeded, top-ranking Kentucky lost (67-56) to its first tournament opponent, a husky Loyola University (of Chicago) team that had not even been seeded. The fans had the unusual sight of a veteran team losing its poise. Two of Kentucky's three all-Americas (Alex Groza and Wah Wah Jones) left the game on fouls; only little Ralph Beard played up to his press clippings...
...divorce seeker would punch the machine once a day for 42 days, to establish residence, then insert 200 silver dollars. As the divorce popped out of a slot, colored lights would flash, wheels spin and a jukebox would play America. ¶ Hoping to sell more pretzels during Lent, Alex V. Tisdale, president of the National Pretzel Bakers Institute, explained that the twist was originally supposed to represent arms folded in prayer...
Yale's high-scoring forward, Tony Lavelli, was named to the Associated Press All-America collegiate basketball team yesterday. Selected by a vote of 404 sportwriters, the team also includes Ed Macauley, of St. Louis, Alex Groza and Ralph Beard, of Kontucky, and Vince Boryla, of Denver...