Word: grogan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This mild Shavian spoof (recorded 21 years ago when Shaw was only 71) was broadcast in Manhattan over WNEW's A Treasury of the Spoken Word (Wed. 9 p.m.). Sponsored by the New York Public Library and produced by WNEW's Jack Grogan, who calls it a "literary disk-jockey show," the Spoken Word has brought its listeners the voices of such diverse personalities as Gandhi, Coolidge, Teddy Roosevelt, Cardinal Spellman, Bing Crosby (who gave a reading of The Star-Spangled Banner...
...Grogan's program follows no set pattern. The recordings range from such chestnuts as Sheridan's Ride to the Book of Psalms. In the two years the program has been on the air, Grogan has turned down only one recording because he felt it might be over his audience's heads. He found a record of James Joyce reading a portion of Finnegans Wake "a little bit difficult...
Because he has been trying to catch up in his studies, Button is currently short on practice. As a result, the 19-year-old champion expects to have some difficulty in retaining his North American title. Roger Wickson, who holds the Canadian crown, and James D. Grogan, runner-up to Button last year, will force him to turn in a fine performance...
Other United States skating entries also placed high in the competition. James Grogan of Oakland, California, was fourth. Hayes Allen Jenkins of Akron, Ohio, and Austin Holt of Berkeley, California, finished sixth and seventh, respectively...
...Henry Higgins" behind the ad was actually Jack Grogan of Manhattan's enterprising WNEW, who is about to launch an educational program called "How to Speak Better English." As each girl talked to Grogan she received a sort of preliminary test. This week, the 15 worst (including one who said she suffered from "deplorably deficient fluency" and another who complained that "everything I say comes out horizontal") will compete at a final studio audition...