Word: collectivities
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Married. John Wayne, 46, leathery cinemactor (The High and the Mighty, Hondo) and fancier of Latin-type ladies ("Some men collect stamps; I go for Latin Americans"); and bosomy, Peruvian-born Pilar Palette, 26; he for the third time, she for the second; in Hawaii...
...Secretary-treasurer then brought up the problem of finances by stating, "Of course we wouldn't want to collect cash in the sanctuary of Faneuil Hall, but for such a good cause well take up a collection just outside where it's legal." He smiled at the enthusiastic response, and suggested they sing until Roy arrived. After a rousing chorus of "Glory, Glory Hallelujab," the crowd sang "Yankee Doodle." It was during "I'm in Love With You" that Roy appeared, waving his arms at the cheering throng that rose in his honor...
Nathan Manilow, developer of Chicago's $30 million Park Forest project, indicated where Powell's extra money came from. One source, it turned out, was Manilow himself. In March 1948 Manilow lent Powell $7,500. Soon afterwards Powell authorized Park Forest to collect two months' advance rent from tenants...
...taken on a new mission. Once known for a methodical sort of scholarship inherited from the theologians of 19th century Germany, it now intends to become an active leader of organized Protestant religion. To that end President Pusey and Acting Dean George Williams have been trying to collect a faculty of "men who are both churchmen and scholars." Their latest appointments...
...Ordered the Navy icebreaker Atka to Antarctica on an expedition to collect scientific and geographic data. Admiral (ret.) Richard Evelyn Byrd, 65-year-old polar explorer, will serve as technical adviser, although it has not been decided whether he will accompany the expedition...