Word: florida
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Folksy & Sincere. Godfrey, of course, is the unquestioned king of TV's matinee idols. Last week, telecasting from Florida, he sat on a Miami beach with the Atlantic rollers surging behind him, while his cast shivered in Manhattan. Using the split-screen technique, Godfrey chatted with each member of his team and listened approvingly while they told him how wonderful he was. Arthur operates on the disarming assumption that every viewer is at least as absorbed in Godfrey as he is, and he spends much of his 90-minute show in discussing such items as his own weight, what...
...Gentle Season, young (27) University of Florida Librarian Clyde Miller writes simply about a Southern tragedy that would have tempted most of his Southern contemporaries into pure bathos. An attractive, selfish woman gradually breaks down a man's spirit by refusing her love. Her teen-age nephew tells the story, and because he admires Captain Traill, the tragedy seems all the deeper. Unlike most sensitive boys of Southern fiction, young Joshua understands enough of an adult situation, but not so much that the tale appears incredible. At the start of his career, Author Miller already knows that what...
...Tallahassee, the state road department ordered TV sets installed in each of Florida's convict road camps "to improve the morale of the prisoners...
...trouble began when Harvey moved to Florida, got into the oil business and dropped out of active participation in Fruehauf Trailer. Roy demanded that his brother come back and spend more time with the company. Harvey refused. Roy forced him out of the chairmanship, but let him keep the title of honorary chairman...
Secret Mission. In Montgomery, Ala., the Chamber of Commerce got a letter from a woman in Florida: "Am returning herewith a pair of panties and a pin for refund ... I do not know from whom purchased. Know it was in your city and do not want to offend [the people who sent them to me]. Thanks...