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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hurls the discus as well as various other weights and this summer established himself as one of the best weightmen in the United States. After placing third in the IC4A hammer throw last spring Felton won the national Canadian championship and placed second in the national A.A.U. meet in Lincoln, Nebraska, this summer. Working under Varsity weight coach Ed Flanagan, he has been practicing his hammer throwing this fall and consistently throwing over 170 feet. Only one man in the country currently is throwing the ball and wire any farther than this...

Author: By Robert Carswell, | Title: Crimson Athletes Point for 1948 Olympic Games | 10/9/1947 | See Source »

...quote Mr. Grady Edney in your Sept. 22 issue: "Jazz 'purists' remind me of a little group of prim spinsters careening along in Henry's first Ford, warmly assuring themselves that the Lincoln Zephyr gliding by is only a commercial corruption of the Original Thing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 6, 1947 | 10/6/1947 | See Source »

Senator McGrath is the political protege and law partner of Rhode Island's other U.S. Senator: 80-year-old Theodore Francis Green. In Providence, McGrath has banking, insurance and other interests, including part-ownership in Rhode Island's Lincoln Downs race track (McGrath reputedly has about $8 million). His talent for politics is as well developed as his ambition and business shrewdness. He started ringing doorbells for the Democratic Party before he was out of Providence College, has held almost every party job from ward heeler up. He was his state's governor three times. He demonstrated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: New Boss | 10/6/1947 | See Source »

...workers of the Social Service Committee, which administers to 38 agencies, will be this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in PBH, Brooks said. "The meeting will acquaint volunteers with the methods used in boy's work," he added. Speakers include John Kingman, director of Lincoln House, South Boston, Mark Mazel of South End House, Paul Sweeney of Cambridge Neighborhood House, and William Flaherty of the Community Recreation Service...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 400 Volunteer To Help PBH in Fall Activities | 10/6/1947 | See Source »

...half-hour broadcast, opening feature of the Lowell Institute Co-Operative Broadcast Council's fall season, will also air an address by Lincoln Gordon, associate professor of Business Administration of the Business School...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mason Will Open Lowell Institute's Broadcast Series | 10/4/1947 | See Source »

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