Word: lone
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With a thunder of hoofs and a "Hi-yo, Silver . . . awa-ay!", The Lone Ranger this week gallops headlong into his 20th year on radio. As a reward for fighting virtue's fight in comic books, cartoon strips and on TV (Thurs. 7:30 p.m., ABC) as well as radio (Mon., Wed., Fri. 7:30 p.m., ABC), the masked rider grosses $5,000,000 a year. Most of the profits go to George W. Trendle, 67, a Detroit businessman (movie theaters, radio stations) who had the original idea for the Ranger back in 1932. His formula for the show...
Hedberg was the lone two-event winner of the evening, taking the 220 in a fair time and turning in a good 53.3 in the 100-yard dash. Don Mulvey finished ahead of Springfield's Mayers in the back-stroke, and combined with Emerson and Captain Bob Stroud in the medley relay win. In the 440-yard freestyle, sophomore Mary Sandler finished far ahead of his competition...
...then gave Western diplomats a few more gray hairs by hinting that events "were about to take their course" in Southeast Asia. It was small wonder that people and newspapers took their minds off these depressing facts for a while to be with Captain Carlsen in his lone and valiant fight against the sea in his cracked, listing, storm-tossed "Flying Enterprise...
...while we wait," he said. An airline bus set out to the rescue across the runways. It promptly got lost. A truck was sent to find the bus. It also got lost. Within an hour five separate search parties were groping helplessly about the field. At long last, a lone motorcyclist loomed out of the mist at the plane's door. "I've found you," he told the passengers cheerfully, "but now I've lost meself." Off he went into the fog again...
Captain John Stevenson at forward, and guards Gerry Murphy and Bill Hickey--all senior lettermen--will head the first five tonight. Dick Lionette will again start at center, while high-scoring Bill Denn's the lone sophomore starter, will open at the other forward. Shepard expects to substitute three other sophomores on the team frequently, filling in with Ed Krinsky and Ed Condon as guards and Ed Blodnick at center...