Word: civic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...make a commencement speech, highhanded TV Impresario Arthur Godfrey made some less salutary remarks on a telecast. His target: Montgomery, the state's capital; it gets so hot there, said Godfrey, that folks would just curl up and die if they didn't have air conditioning. Its civic pride bruised, Montgomery's daily Advertiser promptly cracked back: "Before we comment on Arthur Godfrey's wicked attack . . . we want it clearly understood that we don't listen to the bum." Regretted the Advertiser: if only Godfrey had visited the city when the mercury topped...
...wife, and makes rye grimaces at the facts of life. The lady herself (Margaret Hayes) is a country-club tramp who indulges in "two or three hobbies a year." The town librarian (Sylvia Sidney) is caught with a stolen purse by the manager of the bank (Tommy Noonan), whose civic indignation is somewhat dampened by the fact that she has caught him, too, in his secret sin (he peeps...
...less nuts, dry beans and peas. Outlays for "participant recreation" will be up 36.3%. This rise chiefly reflects the boom in pari-mutuel betting and pinball and slot-machine playing (whose net receipts more than trebled in a decade, to $419 million in 1952). Contributions to political and civic organizations will climb 45.8%. Buying of jewelry and watches will be up 37.2%, foreign travel 53.7%, medical insurance 60.6%, private schooling 101.4%, and airline travel 187.4%. The nation's highways will teem with 59 million cars, 47% more than in 1950. Looking farther ahead, in 1975 the U.S. will...
...Died. Edgar Jonas Kaufmann, 69, president (since 1924) of Kaufmann's Department Store in Pittsburgh (which was merged with the May Department Stores Co. in 1946), philanthropist, civic leader, fancier of modern homes (the most famous of his houses: Falling Water, the lavish $90,000 Frank Lloyd Wright mountain retreat located at Bear Run, Pa., which features concrete slabs cantilevered over a waterfall); of a heart condition; in Palm Springs, Calif...
...sold advertising, worked on the editorial side, turned herself into a well-rounded newspaper executive. After she took over, she added to the Trib's prestige by such activities as the annual Herald Tribune Forum and a host of civic activities. Of all her plans, Helen Reid has been most determined about one. At the right time she wanted to step out and let her two sons, Whitelaw and Ogden, take over...