Word: columbus
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Angeles last week, Father McGivney's secret society, the Knights of Columbus, held its annual convention, commemorating the 70th anniversary of its founding and the 100th of Father McGivney's birth. Total membership is now 829,634. Besides satisfying the native American fondness for plumed hats and recondite lodge rituals, the Knights have a comprehensive system of insurance and sick benefits for members. Like secular secret societies, they also manage various charitable activities...
...Thurber Album. Back through the turns of time with James Thurber of Columbus, Ohio (TIME, June...
...part of Christ in the St. Matthew Passion. But he thinks casting directors expect him to be good at learning difficult modern scores because of the thorough musical training he got studying the violin. On Baritone Harrell's schedule for next winter: parts in Milhaud's Christopher Columbus (with the Philharmonic-Symphony) and Stravinsky's Rake's Progress at the Metropolitan Opera...
...Judge Clawson Williams sentenced Wizard Hamilton, who had pleaded guilty, to four years in prison for conspiracy to assault. Fifteen of Hamilton's sheet-wearers got sentences averaging three years each, and 49 others were fined a total of $18,250. Even Hamilton's top lieutenant in Columbus County, Ex-Con stable Early Brooks, already sentenced to prison, was glad to see the wizard get it. "Somebody ought to be assigned to whip hell outa him," said Brooks. "And I'd like...
...Thurber Album. Back through the turns of time with James Thurber of Columbus, Ohio (TIME, June...