Word: helper
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Rosenbaum's. Their pay, $2.122 an hour, was at or near the Teamsters' national top, and they enjoyed two featherbedding privileges unmatched in. the U.S. The stores were not permitted to make parcel-post deliveries, but were required to put a union driver and helper on every delivery truck, regardless of the size of the load...
...Africa to be one of Dr. Schweitzer's nurses. When ill health forced his wife to give up the mission and return to Europe, Emma Haussknecht became Dr. Schweitzer's chief nurse and helper - a chunky, snap-eyed pillar of strength...
JOHN J. PHILLIPS, C.S.SP. Pittsburgh Sir: . . . The Virgin Mary is not a Freudian hook to hang a frustrated hat on. She simply is the Mother of God, and will, with her open arms, accept and receive even those who despise her, acting as Mediatrix, advocate and helper. As a lawyer, I know the value of a good advocate ; as a married Catholic man with a happy home life, I know the value of a good wife and helper; but ... a man still needs God, and without Mary there...
Died. James Leo ("One-Eye") Connelly, 84, who devoted a lifetime to gate-crashing and became a sports-page legend during the '20s; in Zion, Ill. One eye blinded in a boyhood boxing accident, Connelly masqueraded as a sandwich vendor, iceman, or plumber's helper to outwit gatemen and gain free admission. Before he retired at 65, he boasted that during his career he had seen every Kentucky Derby, all but three heavyweight-championship bouts, countless football and baseball games, on principle had never paid for or accepted a ticket...
...Hopper Helper. A new freight car for bulk shipments of dry powdered commodities (feed, chemicals), which formerly had to be transported in containers, was put into production by General American Transportation Corp. The car contains bins with slanted sides lined with a porous, silicon-treated fabric. To unload the car, air is blown at low pressure under the fabric, breaking up hard-packed cargo so that it flows like water through hatches under...