Word: chicagoans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mieczyslaw Stephen Szymczak (whose calling cards explain, "pronounced Simchak"), a change in employers brought no change in function. Appointed by F.D.R. in 1933, Chicagoan Szymczak, 66, served on the Federal Reserve's board of governors for 28 years-a record bound to last, since governors of the Fed are now limited to a single 14-year term. Szymczak resigned to become a consultant to C. J. Devine & Co., dealers in Government securities. At Devine he "will simply explain what is going on in the economy . . . I don't claim to know the answers, but I know the walks...
...onetime law student who flunked his exams and then scattered himself into a series of miscellaneous jobs (shoe clerk, cigar-counter man, etc.), Chicagoan Newhart learned the beginnings of his trade on the telephone, is still fond of it as a basic tool. He would call a friend and "try to break him up," making tapes of the conversations. The tapes were so funny that local radio stations bought them as "ratings boosters" to help raise the level of disk-jockey programs. On last year's Emmy Award program his Lincoln phone call stopped the show...