Word: charlestoning
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...wealthy Charleston oilman (Plymouth Oil Co.), Hallanan has been the tough, domineering boss of West Virginia Republicanism for a quarter of a century, has served 24 years on the national committee. A close friend of Wisconsin's Senator Joe McCarthy, he lets Joe fly around in his company...
...festivities shifted into high gear yesterday, the harried but happy grads of '27 and their-tribes confessed that they hadn't had so much fun since the Charleston died...
...Charleston, W.Va., the Southern Presbyterians (membership: 720,000) dissolved their church's only Negro synod, Snedecor Memorial Synod. Henceforth, Negro Presbyterian churches in Louisiana, Georgia and Alabama will send their delegates to the white synods in those states...
Landsberg's circuit was ready days before the blast, but his big trouble began just before H-hour. The AEC's power supply at the test site failed, so the telecast switched to a camera on Charleston Peak. When the power on News Nob came on again, the cameras did not have enough warmup time to catch the explosion. Result: TV Announcer Fred Henry described the first three minutes from ten miles away, while cameras recorded it from a distance of 57 miles...
...sequel to 1950's successful Cheaper by the Dozen* is, like most follow-ups, somewhat of a letdown. Present once more are Efficiency Expert Lillian Gilbreth (Myrna Loy) and her twelve lovable but strenuous children. The rambling scenario, in a flashback to the Pierce-Arrow and Charleston days of the '20s, focuses on the girls of the family...