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...Gait Wilson, 89, stately widow of President Woodrow Wilson; after a long illness; in Washington on the 105th anniversary of her husband's birth and within hours of the dedication of the new Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge over the Potomac. A Virginia-born belle descended from Pocahontas, Edith Galt entered Wilson's circle through her friendship with his daughter, married the World War I President in the White House on the eve of the hard-fought 1916 election campaign, became his cherished confidante during the taxing war years, shared both his triumphant postwar tour of Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jan. 5, 1962 | 1/5/1962 | See Source »

...Bill. In Fort Lauderdale, Fla., while holding their annual convention at the Galt Ocean Mile Hotel, the 200 members of the Florida Chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous consumed 449 gallons of coffee in three days, polished off another 35 gallons at a single banquet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 15, 1959 | 6/15/1959 | See Source »

...Sinister. In Buffalo,Wyo., Pat Behymer filed suit for $39,000 against Central Bar Owner W. M. Galt, claimed he suffered serious injury when his foot slipped off the brass rail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 11, 1955 | 4/11/1955 | See Source »

...first number, four little elves, one after another, suddenly threw their feet in the air and smacked the floor, as though a giant hand had pulled the stage from under them. In Galté Parisienne, even the great Alexandra Danilova and' Choreographer-Dancer Leonide Massine went down: two spills for Danilova, one for Massine. In the wings, frantic Ballet Master Frederic Franklin told his dancers: "Go slow . . . Don't listen to the music, just go on when I tell you." The critic of the Detroit Times described the usually bouncy exits as like "the pussyfooting lope one takes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Bottoms Up | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

Detroit has had its eye on stocky (5 ft. 11 in., 195 Ibs.), Winnipeg-born Terry Sawchuk ever since he was a 17-year-old kid in the Red Wing farm system with the Galt Amateurs and Windsor Spitfires. In 1947, he graduated to Omaha of the U.S. League and promptly won rookie-of-the-year honors. The next year, he repeated the award with Indianapolis of the American League. This year, cheering Detroit fans are sure that he is due for a repeat performance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Armor-Plated Rookie | 1/1/1951 | See Source »

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