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Dates: during 1950-1959
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The magic lamp went up in 1947, one of the first official achievements of jovial Mayor J. W. (for James Willis) Godfrey, gas-station operator hand-picked and backed in five re-elections by the local political boss, spectacled Ralph Dawson, who doubles as city attorney. Mayor Godfrey drawls that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGHWAYS: The Light That Never Fails | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

With that specifically aimed blow at the U.S. Supreme Court and its 1954 school desegregation decision,* Circuit Judge Sebe Dale, 62, last week empaneled the Pearl River County grand jury, charged the jurors to "go into the jury room like men, do your duty, come out like men and keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MISSISSIPPI: On Behalf of Lynch Law | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

To some extent, the enthusiasm for disarmament as a summit topic reflected a conviction that the summiteers were unlikely to make any progress on anything else. Yet more was involved. Today's armaments include weapons capable of destroying civilization-and this unsettling thought makes any rational statesman ready to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Arms & the Summit | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

Besides results from this survey, the Administration says it will consider other recent suggestions such as letting students serve themselves, eliminating some meals, and serving some meals without seconds in deciding what actions it will then take.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Starts Dining Surveys | 11/10/1959 | See Source »

Of all the deep mysteries on Wall Street, put and call options have long been among the most baffling to investors. Many market players shy away from the options, consider them as risky as a crap game. But that is just not so, says jaunty, white-haired Herbert Filer, 65...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: Put, Call & Win | 11/9/1959 | See Source »

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