Word: fisher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...office of New Mexico's governor one day this week, picture hangers were hard at work. Under the supervision of Dr. Reginald Fisher, art director of Santa Fe's Museum of New Mexico, they carefully placed 14 paintings on the walls of the governor's private office and its anteroom. Next morning, when Governor Edwin Mechem and his staff arrived, everybody had a good look and a lively discussion...
Jail Bait. In Fairfield, Iowa, Mrs. Effie Fisher, offered the choice of a $50 fine or 15 days in jail for shooting a squirrel in her back yard, packed her suitcase, told reporters: "I hear they have rats in the jail. I wonder if they'll let me take my rifle with...
...resort hotel in the Catskills known as Grossinger's, or simply "The G." A long roster of singers, actors and comedians got early starts on its "Borscht Circuit" stage and are proud to return as stars. Last week Grossinger's declared a field day to honor Eddie Fisher, 24, its latest big-time alumnus and one of the U.S.'s most popular young singers...
Black-haired Eddie Fisher got his chance at Grossinger's at 17, thanks to a recommendation to Manager Jennie Grossinger by Broadway Showman Monte Proser. As a Grossinger's staff member, Eddie sang every night for a whole summer, learned how to gauge the reactions of the hotel's Broadway-wise customers, how to flash his bright smile at the right moment, how to pitch his voice for the best effect. Eddie landed wintertime jobs after that, e.g., singing during the chorus-girl numbers at Manhattan's Copacabana. But his real break came when Eddie Cantor...
...Fisher and his staff went after the city offices charged with enforcing housing regulations, found them loaded with do-nothing political appointees. "We don't hire them," said Building Commissioner Roy T. Christiansen. "They [i.e., the Democratic machine] send them to us." The city building officials, said Reporter Fisher, "walked to the gallows with smiles on their faces. Apparently it never occurred to them that we actually would go out to the slums to compare conditions with what the inspection reports represented them...