Word: arthur
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Working in the Connecticut woods on a new play, Author Arthur (The Crucible) Miller reached what may be the last act of a personal drama. By a 9-0 decision, a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals chucked out his 1957 contempt-of-Congress conviction (sentence: 30 days in jail, suspended, $500 fine) for refusing to tell the Un-American Activities Committee the names of Communist writers he knew in 1947. Grounds for the reversal: Miller was not told clearly by the committee that refusal to give the names constituted contempt. Said Miller: "My only regret is that...
...whole new class of TV-age entertainers-the just-talkers. But his appeal has little in common with Steve Allen's brash sidewalk zaniness or Arthur Godfrey's somnolent saloon drone. When Paar appears on screen, there is an odd, hesitant hitch to his stride. For a split self-effacing second he is a late arrival, worried that he has blundered into the wrong party. His shy smile-he has developed one of the shiest smiles in the business-seems to ask a question: "Is this applause for me?" Then he remembers: he is really the host. Almost...
...Loves Him? In New York, where he moved five years ago, Jack got a chance to go on talking on a shortlived CBS radio show called Bank on the Stars. Then he moved into TV as a replacement for Arthur Godfrey, finally replaced Walter Cronkite on the Morning Show, which he quit after eleven months ("Too much pressure for me to help soften up sponsors"). After that, guest appearances with Ed Sullivan kept him going until NBC signed him up to take over the Tonight show...
...Arthur Jansen, partner in W. E. Burnet & Co.: "The market is too high. At these levels it would take a couple of years for the improvement in earnings to catch up with market prices. If someone came to me with money to invest, I'd advise putting part of it in the bank...
...ranging from $3 billion to $10 billion. It came from such disparate persons as Harry Truman and Herbert Hoover, such political opposites as Americans for Democratic Action and the National Association of Manufacturers, included some members of the Administration's own family. Arthur Burns, Saulnier's predecessor, called for "massive Government intervention" in the economy through both tax cuts and public works. The auto industry asked repeal of the 10% excise tax on autos. Others suggested huge WPA-style public-works programs, greatly increased Government spending. Such plans would have meant not only the loss of billions...