Word: eastern
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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John Nichols, center and captain of the Crimson eleven, heads the list of linemen named for All America consideration yesterday by the Associated Press' Eastern Regional Board...
...days later, at Maturin, big air junction in eastern Venezuela, a group of soldiers, civilians and members of the Seguridad Nacional (Secret Service), led by two army officers, seized the Seguridad headquarters and police barracks. In 2½ hours of fighting, loyal troops recaptured the garrisons, killing three rebels...
...motorists in most Eastern states, the orange tile roof of a Howard Johnson's restaurant is almost as familiar as a gas pump. The Johnson chain, which got its start near Boston 24 years ago, now stretches along highways from Maine to Florida, has outlets scattered all the way to Wisconsin. This year its 355 "stores" will serve 250 million customers and gross $150 million; they constitute the largest roadside restaurant chain in the world. But Founder Howard Johnson, a husky 54-year-old who spends as much time on the road as his best customers, is not satisfied...
...past six years he has added 118 restaurants. Of the total, he owns 145; the rest he licenses out and sells the owners their supplies: toothpicks, napkins, hot dogs, ice cream, syrups, potato chips, tea balls, matches and about 700 other items. He also owns nine eastern steakhouses, known as Red Coach Grills, and a wholesale business which sells such local specialities as baked beans and brown bread to retailers in the six New England states...
...held the first services in the $2,000,000 result of Skouras' decision: the Cathedral of Saint Sophia, a white concrete building whose square towers and copper Byzantine domes gave Angelenos at least a hint of its namesake in Istanbul* The new church is a striking mixture of Eastern and Western ideas. It combines Byzantine-style altar screens and air conditioning, painted icons and an ultra-modern public-address system. The architects have even thought of adding wireless hand microphones for clerics to use in church processions...