Word: americans
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...With the jet, Delta, which put it in service from New York to Atlanta, got the jump on its chief competitor; Eastern Air Lines will not start jet service until January. For United, the coast-to-coast nonstop service came months behind the 707 flights of its chief competitors, American Airlines...
...Harvey Gaylord, 55, became president and chief executive officer of Bell Aircraft Corp., succeeding Leston P. Faneuf, president since 1956, who will spend his time laying down broad policy. Buffalo-born Gaylord graduated from Princeton and the American Institute of Banking, left the investment business in 1941 to join Bell as assistant to the president, quickly rose to take over as president of Bell's helicopter subsidiary in Fort Worth in 1951. As president, Gaylord will divide his time between Fort Worth and Buffalo, regroup the company's defense operations in an effort to stem sagging sales...
Died. William H. Werner, 69, chiropractor who rallied his colleagues against the American Medical Association, in 1931 served a six-month jail sentence for practicing medicine without a license, on his release was honored at a testimonial dinner by 500 friends; of a hemorrhage; in Columbus...
...Splendid American (ABC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). A retort to The Ugly American, the fictionalized exposé of ineptitude in the U.S. foreign service. This dramatic documentary tells the accomplishments of Thomas Dooley, Ras Johnson and Clyde Searl in Red-menaced Laos. Narrated by John Daly...
Best Sellers FICTION 1. Advise and Consent, Drury (2)* 2. Exodus, Uris (1) 3. The Ugly American, Lederer and Burdick (4) 4. Lady Chatterley's Lover, Lawrence (3) 5. The Cave, Warren (6) 6. Dear and Glorious Physician, Caldwell (5) 7. The Art of Llewellyn Jones, Bonner (10) 8. Doctor Zhivago, Pasternak (8) 9. The Tender Shoot, Colette 10. The Lotus Eaters, Green...