Word: davids
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...DAVID D. WAKEFIELD Chatham...
Although the ending of the Tombstone Law dictated the precise timing of the marines' departure, all three had another reason for retiring before the mandatory age of 62: they had been passed over when President Eisenhower named Major General David Shoup, 54, to become Marine Corps commandant effective Jan. 1, 1960. Explained General Megee in Honolulu: "I am retiring because of the feeling that when the Defense Department selects a junior officer for the top spot, it is best to show loyalty by stepping aside...
...throw away, a dozen murders have taken place in the past year over a faction fight that has split the northern and southern sections of the village into warring groups. Puro Pinget's new village boss, elected fortnight ago by unanimous vote, is 37-year-old David Torda, currently out on bail on a charge of killing a 72-year-old neighbor in June...
CLIENT RCA had problems with people. It was tightly bossed by prideful, brilliant David Sarnoff, who did better at creating products than marketing them. Its scientists performed better than its managers. When Burns arrived on the scene, RCA brass bared the corporate soul and accounting books. Burns worked up 100 monumental reports suggesting changes in RCA. To launch RCA in TV, Burns advised its National Broadcasting Co. to spend freely on a few outstanding shows and fill the other hours with low-budget shows; it proved to be NBC's success formula, set the pattern for other networks...
Evergreen Park, Ill., Drury Lane Theater: TV's "Richard Diamond," David Janssen, in Dead Pigeon...