Word: berkeley
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Berkeley, Calif...
Died. Dane Coolidge, 67, bronzed, bearded naturalist and prolific New England-born author of Western novels; third cousin of Calvin Coolidge, direct descendant of John and Priscilla Alden; in Berkeley, Calif...
...Berkeley, Calif., Henry Atkinson reluctantly drew a bead on his ailing cat, muttered: "This will hurt me more than it will you." He pulled the trigger; the gun exploded. The cat was unscathed. To hospital went Atkinson with a six-inch metal fragment in his chest...
...years ago goat-bearded, grey-haired H. (for Henry) Noyes McKay, itinerant instructor in sales psychology, fell ill, repaired to Berkeley, across the Bay from San Francisco, to recover his health. A linguist and lecturer, McKay amused himself during convalescence by studying the diction and grammar of newscasters and radio commentators...
...tennis socks) is the son of an immigrant Hungarian upholsterer, lives in Oakland on the same street as Don Budge. He got early pointers from Don's brother, Lloyd; later became a protégé of George Hudson, coach at the famed Berkeley Tennis Club. Two years ago Hudson's boy attracted the attention of the U. S. Davis Cup Committee. His thunderbolt service, devastating backhand and deadly overhead game-fully as potent as the play Don Budge displayed on his first trip East-made him look like a successor to Budge...