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...price of $250.50 a mule. The Turk boarded a plane for Washington to collect his dollars. But he had underestimated the resourcefulness of U.S. mule skinners, such as Kansas City's Ferd Owen, biggest trader in the U.S. (TIME, July 14, 1947), and Texas' big dealer, Parker Jameson Horse & Mule...
...starting Kirkland lineup: le, Snow; lt, Brown; lg, Jameson; c, Lynch; rg, Read; rt, Ritchie; re, Eaton; qb, French; lh, Winters; rh, Thompson; fb, Glynn...
While living up to its traditions, Printing House Square has had to live down some scandals and Hearst-like intrigue. In 1895, when Jameson's raiders were poised to strike at the Transvaal, the Times told its correspondent "to impress upon [Cecil] Rhodes that we hope the New Company will not commence business on a Saturday." The Times had no Sunday edition, and didn't want to miss out on a well-plotted scoop. (The raid started on a Sunday afternoon and the Times got its scoop...
Hammond did not start from scratch. His father, John Hays Hammond Sr., was a fabulous gold-mining engineer. With slam-bang empire-builder Cecil Rhodes, he was involved in the Jameson Raid (which helped to provoke the Boer War) and built up the world's greatest gold-producing region around Johannesburg, South Africa. These activities made him rich...
...World Peace and World Health" (Sat. 7 p.m., NBC). Speakers: Alexandre Parodi, French delegate, U.N. Security Council; Sir William Jameson, United Kingdom delegate to the World Health Conference, and Durward Sandifer, U.S. adviser to the conference...