Word: pa
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Devoted Laymen. Rugged (6 ft. 2 in., 225 lbs.) Donald Barnhouse, 56, carries his own full six-day schedule of preaching without benefit of tape recorder. Last week he spoke three times in Philadelphia, once each in New York City, Detroit, Akron, McKeesport, Pa., and Pittsburgh. A good executive, he has built up a staff of 20 full-time workers for his project, plus some part-time help. Last week he was beginning to ship out the first 500 playback machines...
...Caterpillar Tractor Co. borrowed $35 million to expand its plants in Joliet and Peoria, Ill., and to build a new plant in York, Pa. which will be used to supply its eastern and Canadian dealers...
...Black Road is a reminder th.it prodigal sons rarely change their spots. It takes Pa Ederly a minute to recognize the jazzy-looking lad who has walked into his general store. Then his eyes blink back the tears. "Well, I-I see you've grown some. But then, you do grow some between 15 and 23." Before the day is out, Prodigal Son Davie is acting like a new broom, ordering the store front painted bright red, plate glass for the big window, the latest finery for his mother...
...when Davie starts raving about the roadside diner he can buy for $300, and spouting the combination and cash contents of the rickety old safe, Pa Eder-ly's eyes blink without tears. Pretending a fear of robbers, Pa and the family stoke the safe with $300. "Given money, wheedled money, is always back to wheedle again," Pa muses. "With taken money it's a different story; it goes and stays." That night, as the rest huddle sadly near an upstairs window, Davie skedaddles with the loot, goes "to make his million, down the black road...
With the exception of Manning, who comes from Homestead, Pa., the first five men on the freshman team are from greater New York. This marks the second straight year that the Yardling squad is predominantly New Yorker, which, according to Wilson, is due to the fact that big city players enter college with more playing experience than those from other areas...