Word: longford
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Alarmed. In London, one reason why the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation refused Pan American World Airways permission to schedule 1:30 a.m. jet take-offs was that citizens of Longford -a town in direct line with London Airport's No. 1 runway-had threatened to make regular 1 :30 a.m. phone calls to the Minister of Transport, airport executives and others, saying: "Good morning, did I wake...
ALIAS O. HENRY (294 pp.) - Gerald Longford-MacmHlan...
...release of her first recording in eleven years (Rockin' in the Rocket Room), mellowing (43) Songstress Frances Longford hove up to a Manhattan pier on the 118-ft. Chanticleer, an air-conditioned pleasure dome captained by her husband, Outboard Motor King Ralph Evinrude. On hand to greet the yachtsmen was Rockin's most conspicuous author, smilin' Cartoonist Zock Mosley, who normally writes the overage dialogue of comic-strip hero Smilin' Jack. Why had he ventured into the teenagers rock 'n' roll rhythm? Drawled well-preserved Mosley: "I'm hepper than most bobby-soxers...
...Frances Longford-Don Ameche Show (weekdays, noon, ABC-TV) goes on for 60 minutes, haphazardly packed with songs, dance teams, dramatic skits, interviews that range from cover girls to Korean war veterans, and the commercials of three sponsors. Like Bert Parks, his daytime TV rival, Don Ameche alternately pouts and twinkles roguishly at the viewers. By treating him as just a great big silly boy, Frances Langford makes an appropriately maternal teammate...