Word: haven
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...David Mermin of New Haven, Conn., and Eliot House; Daniel A. Rezneck of Troy, N.Y., and Duster House; E. Leo Slaggie, Jr., of Dayton, Ohio, and Lowell House; Harvey Sobelman of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Eliot House...
Royal Suggestions. Aramco's American employees in Saudi Arabia took it hard, when more than two years ago old King Ibn Saud imposed prohibition. They have, with some grumbling, accepted a ban on importing books, which apparently was intended to foil the entry of subversive literature. They haven't even fought the decree that bans driving licenses for women outside the company compound- although deep underneath there is a seething feminine ferment about...
Billy had chosen Glasgow (pop. 1,100,000) to start his new crusade because it is Scotland's biggest city and because of its reputation as "the most sinful city in Great Britain." Compared with Chicago, Glasgow's crime statistics make it seem like a haven of peace, but in its twisted cobblestone alleys and dingy, Dickensian slums lurk hundreds of drunks, thugs and pickpockets. London's Sunday Pictorial warned Graham what to expect: "These thugs prefer the knife and the knuckleduster to Christ and crusaders...
...fired. On What's My Line? Fred Allen listens alertly, not for clues, but for tags of phrases that can be turned into boffolas. Of his job on I've Got a Secret, Funnyman Henry Morgan says bluntly: "I'm just there to talk. I haven't asked a sensible question in two years...
...Robert R. Young's New York Central and Patrick McGinmY New York, New Haven & Hartford each ordered a five-car "Train X," Young's oft-touted dream, from Pullman. Only u ft. high (v. the Pennsy's n ft. 9 in.). Train X will be capable of straightaway speeds up to 120 m.p.h., will take turns at up to 70 m.p.h., v. 30 or 40 m.p.h. with present equipment. Price: about $1,000,000. Delivery: second quarter...