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Word: houston (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...newly-appointed Flynn will help head freshman coach Bob Margarita and Bill Henry with the A team, while Howie Houston and Charley Law will work with the B unit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Blitz, Culver Spark Practice; Jordan Trims Squad Slightly | 9/27/1951 | See Source »

...Texas City, Texas, when 150 curious citizens turned out to see the trial of Houston's wealthy Oilman Glenn McCarthy, charged with reckless driving, the justice of the peace ordered the hearing moved to the city hall auditorium. There, in festive fashion, the spectators drank pop, rolled the bottles down the aisle, heard the justice fine McCarthy $5 plus costs. The sting was poulticed later by inviting the defendant to attend Texas City's fair next week. McCarthy not only agreed to come, but said he would lead the parade, riding on a Palomino pony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Kith & Kin | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

Credit Rating. In Houston, ten minutes after the Lindquist Finance Corp. was robbed of $447, Office Manager Howard Willson got a phone call from the thief who complained: "You didn't have enough money over there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 3, 1951 | 9/3/1951 | See Source »

Truth Will Out. In Houston, Fireman William Green got his job back after he explained a burglary accusation: "I entered this apartment . . . through the front door to visit Miss Lee Lorenz. After visiting her awhile, her boy friend came in, and as a result of his coming I did jump out the window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 3, 1951 | 9/3/1951 | See Source »

KENNETH Gow Houston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 27, 1951 | 8/27/1951 | See Source »

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