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...Christian Century published an exchange of learned letters last week on the niceties of biblical translating. One contributor, Steven T. Byington, took a stand against the practice, long common in printing the King James version, of italicizing all words not in the original texts. Byington's objection: the unpracticed reader is apt to infer emphasis where no emphasis is intended. For example, he said, take I Kings...
Since neither Byington nor the Christian Century bothered to quote I Kings 13:27, readers rushed to their Bibles. There they read: "And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled...
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (Fri. 9 p.m., ABC). The Happy Journey, with Wanda Hendrix, Spring Byington...
...freshman championships, Dud Autio pinned Gene Mann; Laurie Wilde decisioned Ted Johnson; Sid Tyler pinned Jack Ray; Rock Carroll pinned D. Hawkins; Noel Scullin pinned Al Byington; Jack Rosenthal pinned Tim Nichols; and Bill McCourt decisioned Bernie O'Brien...
Louisa (Universal-International) tries to find hilarity in the idea of a grandmother falling in love. When Spring Byington moves in with her son's family, she snaps at the maid (Connie Gilchrist), interferes with daughter-in-law Ruth Hussey's raising of the children, and quarrels about food prices with Grocer Edmund Gwenn. Appealed to by her son (Ronald Reagan), she sets out to make amends and, from her apology to Widower Gwenn, a romance blossoms. Her son's employer, Bachelor Charles Coburn, promptly appears as a blustering rival for her affections. All this foolishness allows...