Word: fortes
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Escape from Fort Bravo. High-style horse opera, a worthy stablemate to Shane and High Noon; with William Holden, John Forsythe (TIME...
...mile rodeo-circuit tour and winning more prize money ($33,674) than any other rodeo man in the combined events: saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, bareback riding and calf roping. The San Antonio rodeo was Linderman's fifth of the young 1954 season, after performances at Denver, Fort Worth, Houston and El Paso. This week he pushes to Baton Rouge. His prize money for the year so far: more than...
...biggest single block outstanding, from Cyrus S. Eaton's Chesapeake & Ohio Railway (at a profit of $2,400,000 to the C. & O.). The friendly buyers were Clinton W. Murchison, 58, of Dallas, whom Texans proudly describe as "really a wheeler-dealer," and Sid W. Richardson, 62, of Fort Worth, often called the richest man in oil reserves...
...believed by some to be greater than that of Texan H. L. Hunt, estimated at $500 million or more. He owns a Texas City refinery, a string of cattle ranches, a radio and television chain, a drugstore chain, and, with Texas Publisher Amon G. Carter, the Texas Hotel in Fort Worth...
...source of wealth is just now being discovered. Long considered poor in basic raw materials, the state has been finding uses for things that once were considered worthless. Around Jacksonville, two companies are mining ilmenite and rutile, from which the wonder metal titanium is produced. To the south, near Fort Myers, an oilfield is producing commercially. Oil was also found last month in a new area not far away. To the north, slash pine is feeding the paper and chemical industries. In the Everglades, Newport Industries and other companies are turning out tough ramie fiber, a promising substitute for Indian...