Word: mintings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this cost Gilcrease a mint of money, and despite a handsome income from his oil wells, he found his foundation in debt this year to the tune of $2,200,000 for items acquired but not yet paid for. One day last month Gilcrease went to Claremore to visit the Will Rogers Memorial, dropped into a curio shop run by Claremore's Mayor Jim Hammett. Gilcrease told Hammett his tale of financial woe. Hammett saw a chance to get the Gilcrease collection for Claremore, helped get together a group of influential Oklahomans, headed by Governor Johnston Murray...
...Unconquered, by Ben Ames Williams. A posthumously published sequel to House Divided, full of carefully researched history, violence in Reconstruction days and tears over spilled mint juleps (TIME...
...business 15% up over 1952. "Star power" did the trick, Kintner says. Early in its new life, the network decided to brighten up its TV by going out for big entertainers. Vice President Robert M. Weitman, a Broadway-wise showman who turned Manhattan's Paramount Theater into a mint by combining its first-run movies with name bands and singers, was called in as chief talent scout. Showman Weitman brought home a choice selection of what he calls "flesh": Dancer Ray Bolger, Professional Toastmaster George Jessel, Hoofer Paul Hartman, Nightclub Comedian Danny Thomas, Child Star Brandon De Wilde, Cinemactress...
...Unconquered, by Ben Ames Williams. A posthumously published sequel to House Divided, full of carefully researched history, violence in Reconstruction days and tears over spilled mint juleps (TIME...
...Unconquered, by Ben Ames Williams. A posthumously published sequel to House Divided, full of carefully researched history, violence in Reconstruction days and tears over spilled mint juleps (TIME...