Word: houston
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When George Ebey first arrived in Houston a year ago to be deputy superintendent of schools, the Houston Post reported: "He chuckled at reports circulating here that he will be a storm center, a controversial educator." George Ebey had chuckled too soon...
...Henry Luce III, James L. McConaughy, Jr., William McHale, Alyce Moran, Anatole Visson, William White. CHICAGO: Sam Welles, Robert W. Glasgow, Ruth Mehrtens, Robert Schulman. Los ANGELES: Ben Williamson, James Murray, John Allen, Lyn Kennedy. DETROIT: Fred Collins. ATLANTA: William Howland, Boyd McDonald. BOSTON: Jeff Wylie. DALLAS: William Johnson. HOUSTON: Willard C. Rappleye, Jr. DENVER: Ed Ogle, Charles Champlin. SAN FRANCISCO: Alfred Wright. SEATTLE: Dean Brelis. OTTAWA: Serrell Hillman Byron W. Riggan. MONTREAL: James R. Conant...
...blocked all ports and airfields in Egypt to stop Dancer Samia ("The Virgin of the Nile") Gamal from leaving the country before she ponies up Egyptian income taxes on the money she earned in the U.S. Reaction came swiftly from her real-estate-rich husband Sheppard ("Abdullah") King in Houston. "I knew they would nab her," he told reporters. "If she's not back by October, I'll fly over and lay siege to Egypt...
Into the Trade. The credit for opening people's eyes to Canada's Eskimo artists goes to a Quebec artist named Jim Houston, 32, who first went to the Arctic in 1948. Fascinated by the exquisite little figures he saw, Houston brought back a few examples, persuaded the nonprofit Canadian Handicrafts Guild to put Eskimo carvings on sale. They sold like hotcakes, and each year Houston traveled north for more supplies. Later, the guild put out booklets filled with helpful advice to the Eskimo artists. Sample: "Man throwing harpoon, or spearing through ice ... If they are carefully carved...
Wisely, Artist Houston has not tried to teach the Eskimos the kabloona's styles. Says Houston: "The Eskimo carves the way he feels he should carve, and he doesn't feel inferior simply because his work doesn't conform with accepted standards." So far, Houston has brought back nearly 30,000 tiny works from the Far North; the guild sells them at prices ranging from 50? to $200, and the demand in the trade is greater than the supply. Edinburgh and Paris have both asked for the London exhibit, and there are plans for U.S. exhibits later...