Word: bend
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bend of the River is a case in point. James Stewart is a fearless but good-humored hero who defeats insurmountable difficulties. Arthur Kennedy is as black a villain as there ever was, and Julia Adams is a fine heroine. The story brings in wagon trains, a gold-rush, slick gamblers, and even a Mississippi paddle-wheeler...
...wooden, the acting is not. Both hero and villain tend to be human and at times very funny, while the small part players are much more than dummies. There is enough action and suspense to satisfy anyone, and Technicolor makes the best of the beautiful Columbia River basin. Bend of the River is undoubtedly one of the best Westerns in a long time, and anyone who likes the formula should not miss...
...increased price in South Bend milk, caused the dining hall manager to cut the glass size from eight ounces to six. In reply to this move the students drank their decreased portions and then threw the glasses to the floor. Dining room attendants reported from 600 to 800 glasses were destroyed...
...Virginia . . ." In Great Bend, Kans., six weeks after a jolly old gentleman with white whiskers drove off without paying for a tankful of gasoline, Service Station Owner Jack Ames got a letter containing $3.31 in cash and a message: "Thank you for the loan . . . Santa Claus...
...Klansmen were hauled in on charges of kidnaping and flogging a white man and a white woman whom they had transported across the state line. The FBI said that the victims were forced to bend over a car fender, then were beaten with a machine belt nailed to a pick handle. Between blows, the victims were made to pray, and listen to sermons and hymn singing from the Klansmen...