Word: g
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...party from Lake Louise struggled up Mount Temple, worked all night to find the nine victims. Only Townsend Balis had been killed instantly; four had died slowly of exposure. Two were found dead in a snowbank. Two others, still alive, were brought safely down the mountain. Said Dr. P. G. Costigan, park medical officer: "If the boys had even been dressed in suitably warm clothing, probably most of them could have come out all right...
Mulling over writing his autobiography at his home in Remsenburg, N.Y., British Humorist P. G. Wodehouse, 73, revealed that he has not visited London since 1939 (he lived in France during World War II), has no intention of returning. Said he: "As Kipling said, 'You can't cross old trails.' England is fascinating, yes, but what breaks my heart is the old great houses being torn down. There's hardly a Jeeves left in the place...
Editor Reese reported losing no advertisers and only one subscriber, said her fellow citizens are "too intelligent" to support "a spite sheet." But the fight will be bitter. Says Herald Managing Editor Julia G. Swart: "We hope to be the only paper here. The town is not big enough to support two papers...
SPORTING-GOODS MERGER will put A. G. Spalding & Bros, in a neck-and-neck race with Wilson for top position in the industry. Spalding, now second with 1954 sales of $27.2 million, is negotiating a deal to acquire Rawlings Manufacturing Co., the fourth biggest company, with estimated annual sales of nearly $12 million. Combined sales of Spalding-Rawlings are expected to equal or surpass those of Wilson, which is a division of Wilson & Co. meat packers, thus does not announce its annual sales figures separately...
Tree Crasher. A giant 60-ton bulldozer strong enough to push a weight equal to 75 passenger cars has been built by R. G. Le Tourneau Inc. for the Handley Construction Co., which will use it to uproot trees and underbrush along the Georgia-Florida coastal area. The Tree Crasher, 39 ft. long and 11 ft. high, smashes through jungles on six huge rubber-tired wheels 4 ft. wide and 10 ft. tall, each powered by its own electric motor. The motors, in turn, are powered by two diesel generators near the center of the unit...