Word: clark
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Confidence. In Chicago, accused of stealing $40 at gun point, Eddie Clark confidently protested, "Your Honor, I'm a confidence man. I tricked him out of the money and I never had a gun," had his charge reduced from armed robbery to petty larceny...
...assembly wound up its 17 days with some notable pieces of business. The delegates re-elected Dr. Willem A. Visser 't Hooft as general secretary of the World Council, elected Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, president of the United Lutheran Church in America, as chairman of the powerful, 90-man Central Committee, which will carry on the Council's business between assemblies, and decided to meet again in 1960. Of the final statements approved, the most noteworthy were...
...Vargas liked to call himself "the best friend of the U.S. in Latin America." When war came, he swung his country to the Allied side. The U.S. established a string of air bases across Brazil's strategic Atlantic bulge, and Vargas sent a division to General Mark Clark's command on the Italian front. Benignly accepting the title of "father of the poor," the strongman also gave Brazil the 48-hour week, the minimum wage, and social security...
...Slip. In Atlantic City, N.J., Mrs. Mary Clark, 39, pleading guilty to a charge of drunkenness, explained that she followed her dentist's advice and gargled with whisky to deaden the pain, "but some must have spilled down my throat...
...Newport, R.I., Intercollegiate Tennis Champion Hamilton Richardson, 20, sixth ranking player in the U.S., fought through a four-hour final, longest of the grass-court season, outlasted Pasadena's Straight Clark, 29, for the Newport invitation title, 6-3, 9-7, 12-14, 6-8, 10-8. Shot through with upsets, the tournament saw such top-seeded players as the U.S.'s Vic Seixas, Australia's Wimbledon Finalist Kenneth Rosewall and his Davis Cup teammate, Lewis Hoad, all beaten badly in early rounds...