Word: beachful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When a group of medical students asked who would pay for the additional social services for the poor that Kennedy proposes, he shot back "You!" In Redondo Beach, Calif., he told an audience of aerospace workers: "We can slow down the race to the moon." At Oregon State University, in response to a student who favored "going in and getting the Pueblo crew out," Kennedy suggested: "It's not too late to enlist...
...moment, the only one who can see solid ground ahead is Richard Nixon. And, indeed, he has found some sturdy Steppingstones on the road to the Miami Beach convention. Nebraska Republicans gave him 70% of their vote and 16 delegates in last week's primary. Tennessee's Senator Howard Baker, the first of the favorite sons to express a preference, broke neutrality to support Nixon, bringing 28 probable votes. Maryland's Governor Spiro Agnew, until two months ago one of Rocky's most effusive rooters, made it clear that Nelson no longer commanded his loyalty...
Died. Craig Wood, 66, winner of both the U.S. Open and Masters golf tournaments in 1941; of a heart attack; in Palm Beach, Fla. Called "the Blond Bomber" for his tremendous drives, Wood, who turned pro in the mid-'20s,' finished second, time after time, in the game's biggest tournaments. In 1941, he finally made it, defeating Byron Nelson for the Masters title; two months later, he beat Denny Shute to win the Open, a feat that earned him a place in golf's Hall of Fame...
Died. George D. Hay, 72, "the solemn ole judge," as he called himself who created Grand Ole Opry and made it the byword of country-western music; of a heart attack; in Virginia Beach Va. One day in 1927, Hay opened his program of hillbilly music over Nashville's WSM by saying, "For the past hour we have been listening to music taken largely from grand opera, but from now on we will present 'the Grand Ole Opry.' " The name stuck, and so did such stars as Eddy Arnold and Jim Reeves, who helped spread the Nashville...
...some-some black humorist! Because that's who the black humorists are-of course!-the Henny Young-mans breaking them up down there in the Fontainebleau, and with what? Stories of murder and mutilation! 'Help, help,' cries the woman running along the sand at Miami Beach, 'my son the doctor is drowning!' Ha ha ha- only it is my son the patient, lady." His family still haunts him. "Good Christ," he cries "a Jewish man with parents alive is a 15-year-old boy and will remain a 15-year-old boy till they...