Word: davises
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Comedians are not the only show-business volunteers on the satirical side of the campaign. The word is that Dean Martin has calmed the fears of Sammy Davis Jr. by telling him: "Don't worry, Sammy. If Goldwater wins, I'll buy you." And an outfit called Panic...
Britain's moviemaking Rank Organisation-and the entire British movie industry-was in deep trouble in 1948 when Managing Director John Davis received a letter from a bank to which Rank owed a cool $45 million. Written by the bank's chairman, the letter was accompanied by a...
Though amused, Davis had other ideas for solving the crisis. "Some may treat change as an enemy," he says, "but I prefer to believe it to be an ally." Steadily moving Rank beyond motion pictures, he diversified it into everything from testing machines to tenpin bowling, chopped down the bank...
Married. Terry Baker, 23, former All-America quarterback from Oregon State, now with the Los Angeles Rams; and Marilyn Davis, 21, his college sweetheart; in Las Vegas.
Died. Benjamin Davis, 60, secretary of the U.S. Communist Party, racial rabble-rouser among his fellow Negroes, and convicted seditionist (four years, 1951-55, in the federal penitentiary at Terre Haute, Ind.); after a long illness; in Manhattan.