Word: anderson
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Died. Eddie Anderson, 71, who played the late Jack Benny's hoarse, heckling valet Rochester on radio, TV and film for more than 30 years; of heart disease; in Los Angeles. In 1937, Anderson made what was supposed to be a one-shot appearance on the Benny broadcast; the audience loved his drollery, and he became a member of the cast. Anderson constantly deflated Benny's pomposity with a high-pitched, incredulous, "What's that, boss...
Visiting Fellows scheduled for next year include Jack Anderson, newspaper columnist; Elmo Zumwalt, former Chief of Naval Operations; David Halberstam '55, journalist; and Leonard Woodcock, President of the United Auto Workers, Jonathan D. Low, executive assistant to the director, said yesterday...
John Ginn, president of the Independent Publishing Co., had a problem. The previous spring he had taken over I.P.C., which publishes morning and afternoon papers in Anderson, S.C. His bosses at Harte-Hanks Newspapers Inc. set certain goals and promised him a bonus if he met them ($6,800 if he did well, $12,000 if he did very well). But by fall the economy turned sour, lots of readers canceled their subscriptions, and advertising began to slip. Ginn's bonus was in jeopardy. What should...
...best witness. She told the jurors that "Spider and I loved each other very much," an assertion that contradicted local gossip that their relationship was on the skids. The word was that Sabich had ordered Longet to leave because he was tired of her jealous, inhibiting manner. Prosecutor Anderson claimed to have a witness whom Spider had bet $100 that Longet would be gone by April, but he never produced...
...stand, Longet flinched when she was handed the gun to show the jury how she had held it. Whispered Longet: "I continued walking toward him, telling him I wanted to know more about it." Had she raised the gun "playfully"? asked Anderson. She shook her head. "I wouldn't joke with guns...