Word: milton
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...condemned man was expecting the visitor. Slumped on a bunk in his cell. Milton Williams, 28,. looked up last week at the friendly, shirtsleeved man with a cigar fixed in one corner of his mouth, and talked of the coming execution. As always, Editor Don Reid. 52, of Texas' weekly Huntsville Item (circ. 2,050), listened sympathetically, but nonetheless prodded gently until he got a last-hours quote: "I believe in the Lord. I'm going through that door believing in him." Then Editor Reid advised the convicted rapist: "Don't worry too much. Milton...
...accident of geography has made Don Reid the nation's busiest death-house-beat man. Huntsville has Texas' only execution chamber (electric chair) and, as a wire-service stringer, Reid has been watching men die since 1937. Milton Williams was the 158th-a total Reid believes to be a record for U.S. newsmen. For many of the men, Reid is the only visitor. He has written letters to their wives and mothers, once shipped a body back home to Indiana. He has twice saved men by persuading officials to reopen their cases, has been begged by longtime dwellers...
...normal standards of American slapstick, featuring a Skelton in every closet, this is the lightest, flakiest brand of pie in the eye. But as performed last week by imported British Comedian Dave King in his first show as Milton Berle's TV summer replacement (NBC, Wed., 9 p.m.), it seemed tasteful and gratifyingly fresh. A comedian who works primarily in pantomime, King is a kind of Jack Tati in his characterization of the well-meaning Englishman who really could cope with life except for the fact that the world itself is a little out of kilter...
...works at his job and writes sharp, effective reports. His technical qualifications for Rio include duty at seven posts south of the border (his wife, an American, was born and reared in Mexico City), a swing through Latin America in 1953 with the President's brother, Dr. Milton Eisenhower, and service as U.S. delegate to a number of Latin American conferences. Prognosis for his Senate confirmation: smooth and uneventful...
Married. Vivian Elaine, 37, wide-eyed actress ("Miss Adelaide" of Guys and Dolls on both stage and screen); and Milton R. Rackmil, 56, president of Decca Records and Universal Pictures; both for the second time; in Manhattan...