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...Covington, Ky., Mrs. Robert G. Davis, 24, had been in an iron lung for 24 hours when she gave birth to a healthy, 5 lb. 4 oz. girl. For final delivery the lung was opened, and the motor shut off, for only 15 seconds. Mrs. Davis' condition was obstetrically good but she was still gravely ill from polio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Mechanical Minutemen | 8/8/1949 | See Source »

...junior partners in Acheson's law firm, Covington, Burling, Rublee, Acheson & Shorb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The New Secretary | 1/17/1949 | See Source »

...stroke of New Year's, the Rev. B. R. Minton of Covington, Ind. launched a 74-hour marathon reading of the Bible's 1,189 chapters. The reading was done by some 150 of his Assembly of God Pentecostal parishioners in 30-minute shifts, was broadcast day & night over a public address system. Said Pastor Minton: "We hope the idea catches fire in other communities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Jan. 12, 1948 | 1/12/1948 | See Source »

Critic. In Covington, Ky., sensitive Kenneth Ford took one outraged look at friend Helen Ring's New Look, knocked her flat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 27, 1947 | 10/27/1947 | See Source »

...beat the side of his head with a shotgun." Said Marvin H. Flemming's statement: "I could hear some licks like they were pounding on him with the butt end of a gun. I heard the Negro say, 'Lord, you done killed me.' " Finally, said Charlie Covington, he heard Roosevelt Carlos Hurd Sr., a Blue Bird cab driver, cry out: "Give me the gun and let's get this over with." Just then, "a tall, slender boy with bushy hair hit the Negro in the mouth and knocked him down. The Negro started...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH CAROLINA: Trial by Jury | 5/26/1947 | See Source »

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