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Word: fresno (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...result: the sordid story of Beck's business interests and his own queasy evasions (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) unfolded in living rooms in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, St. Louis, Fresno, Phoenix and Portland as well as Washington and Seattle. Late in the week the impromptu network added three more stations, Baltimore's WAAM, WBAL and WMAR, the second time in the week that these three gave their networks a pointed lesson in public service. One classic network argument against special live news coverage is the heavy cost in sponsored shows that must be canceled. The three Baltimore stations produced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Impromptu Network | 5/20/1957 | See Source »

ALMA ANDERSON Fresno, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 8, 1957 | 4/8/1957 | See Source »

Chew-Chew. In Fresno, Calif., when the San Joaquin Daylight train arrived 18 minutes late, Southern Pacific officials blamed "unforeseen operating difficulties" for the delay-Engineer William J. Franey had sneezed, blown his upper dentures out the cab window, stopped the train to hunt for them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 18, 1957 | 3/18/1957 | See Source »

Lost Ward. In Fresno, Calif., police laboriously made out and published a missing-persons report on Vernon Eugene Ward, hastily canceled it when they recalled that he was still serving 30 days in jail for drunk driving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 18, 1957 | 3/18/1957 | See Source »

Hangover. In Fresno, Calif., the Federal Government filed suit to collect a $300 fine levied against William Haskett in 1925 for violating the National Prohibition (Volstead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 22, 1956 | 10/22/1956 | See Source »

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