Word: inde
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Joaquin Miller's mother claimed that he had been born in a manger, but Joaquin himself always stoutly maintained that it was in "a covered wagon, pointed West." Both had escaped the fact: Joaquin (pronounced Wah-Keen) was actually, born in bed on a farm near Liberty, Ind. in 1837, and never climbed aboard a covered wagon till he was a strapping six-footer of 14. Nonetheless, it was a strangely modest yarn for Miller, who spent a lifetime stretching the truth about himself until it snapped. Famed on two continents at the turn of the century...
When the Senate Sub-committee on the Judiciary, headed by Sen. William E. Jenner (Rep.-Ind.) came to Boston last March, the Post gave the first day's hearings six pages of publicity. This, despite its editorial of the previous week, which opposed televising such hearings because "excess publicity is bad from any standpoint except that of the personal publicity that is likely to accrue to committee members." The day before the hearings opened, Kirtley Mather, professor of Geology, who for years has been accused of Communist front activities, announced he had been subpoenaed and said he "would cooperate...
...least 22 new orchestras have sprung up since last season. Among them: the Beaumont (Texas) Symphony (75 players), Savannah (Ga.) Symphony (68), Wartburg Community Symphony of Waverly, Iowa (65), La Porte (Ind.) Symphony (50), Ozarks-Clarksville Little Symphony of Clarksville...
...wrinkle: kits from which amateurs can design and assemble their own mobiles ($7.50, MobiProducts, Bloomington, Ind.). Experts' advice to automobilists: models that are balanced too carefully will not move easily; a good mobile should sway in the updraft from any mild cocktail party argument or even the softest gurgle from the crib...
...standby, a move which has since netted the company some $11 million. C.F. & I.'s rail output was inefficient, and a high percentage of C.F. & I.'s rails had to be rejected because the holes at each end were improperly drilled. Franz flew the drillers to Gary, Ind. to see how U.S. Steel did the job. C.F. & I.'s different plants didn't always know what new production tricks the others might have developed; Franz set up a company-wide information exchange...