Word: eben
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...writers who cared more about words than about news. Today we still venerate the word, and we still harbor some poets in our midst, but for a long time now they have been complemented by trained newsmen. One of the first of that breed to join the magazine was Eben Roy Alexander, who came to TIME in 1939 as a veteran reporter from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. As managing editor from 1949 to 1960, he in a sense led TIME into its age of fully professional journalism. When "Alex" died last week, at 79, both old associates and younger...
...DIED. Eben Roy Alexander, 79, TIME'S managing editor for a record length of time, eleven years (1949-60); of pneumonia; in Roslyn, N.Y. A graduate of St. Louis University who served in the Marine Corps during World War I, Alexander worked for the St. Louis Star for four years and for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for 14, eventually becoming assistant city editor. He came to New York City and TIME as a writer in 1939. Equally at home in subjects as diverse as politics, religion, music, foreign affairs and the classics, Alexander became assistant managing editor...
When five-man Kevin Shaw smashed Ray Stein, 6-3, 6-2, and Al Bunis handled Eben Hardie at number six, 6-4, 7-6, the Crimson had opened a 6-0 lead heading into the doubles competition...
Only Suspect. San Francisco police found a blood-stained claw hammer and a pair of bloody scissors, along with a bloodstained shirt and pair of slacks, in a cardboard box on the porch of Eben's apartment. Eben, police believe, argued with his sister over $5,000 that was due her shortly from her mother's estate, saying that he wanted the money to go to Spain. The police theorize that when she refused him the money, he killed her. "Eben Gossage is our only suspect at this point," said Homicide Inspector Kenneth Mannly. Grim argues that...
...They were close by circumstance," says a friend of the brother and sister, "like two people who are cast off in a lifeboat." Adds another who knew them both well: "If Eben did kill her, I'm convinced he doesn't know...