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Dates: during 1940-1949
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William J. Bingham '16 is in no rush to hire someone to replace Bill Barclay, who was notified just before vacation that his contract will not be renewed when it expires early in July. "The season doesn't start until next winter," Bingham points out. "I'm in no rush to pick a new coach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bingham Not Eager for New Coach | 4/21/1949 | See Source »

...facts are that Chuck was born in a big white house a few miles from Hamlin, W. Va. (pop. 850). His father, A. Hal Yeager, is a prosperous contract gas-well driller. Chuck is a hero to Hamlin, but the townspeople love him with special fervor because he refuses to act like a hero. Says Louie Hoff, music instructor for Lincoln County schools: "He isn't the biggety type. He's still the same nice kid." Mrs. Ocie J. Smith, who has taught school in Hamlin for nigh on 40 years, says: "Land sakes! Why, when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Man in a Hurry | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

...company's way because of cheaper materials and better labor productivity. Since the company is the industry's guinea pig in this year's negotiations with the C.I.O. United Auto Workers, the move also stole some of the thunder from the union's imminent contract demands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Young Henry Cuts | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

...theme had been handed him with the contract: "Man at the Crossroads looking with uncertainty but with Hope and High Vision to the choosing of a course leading to a New and Better Future." To Rivera, the "Crossroads" were capitalism and Communism, so he painted a mural contrasting Wall Streeters on a binge with Lenin uniting the workers. The Rockefellers said Lenin must go: Rivera thumbed his nose. In the end the Rockefellers had the fresco reduced to plaster dust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Long Voyage Home | 4/4/1949 | See Source »

Last week Ray E. Umbaugh, 28, who has never had time to take a degree, told a group of cattlemen and animal husbandry experts the details of an artificial impregnation experiment which may revolutionize the beef and dairy industries. With 500 cows lined up under contract with neighboring ranchers, Umbaugh is ready for mass experimentation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Mother Was a Thoroughbred | 4/4/1949 | See Source »

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