Word: philadelphia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...there was more than enough talent to keep the scouts alert. Scout Steve Owen, representing the Philadelphia Eagles, watched Purdue's Len Dawson loft his soft, leading passes and murmured, "What a ball that man throws." He watched big (265 lbs.) Don Owens of little Mississippi Southern play an abso lutely immovable defensive tackle and groaned to think that Don had already been drafted by Pittsburgh. The South's Coach Paul Brown, of the Cleveland Browns, was frankly amazed at the rugged agility of Florida Guard John Barrow. No pro team had yet drafted Barrow, but there...
...United Press assigned staffers to put together a six-part series, with a preface by Hoover, on the FBI's top cases, from Al Capone to Brink's. The only major wire service that ignored the story was Hearst's International News Service. When the Philadelphia Bulletin signed up for the A.P. series, the rival Philadelphia Inquirer turned out its own six-part saga, sold it to several other papers, including Hearst's New York Journal-American and Los Angeles Examiner...
...OFFSHORE OIL PIPELINE on Atlantic Seaboard will be built for $40 million to $50 million off Delaware's coast to help supply Philadelphia area. Submarine line will extend four to five miles to deep water, enable supertankers to discharge oil offshore, pipe it into Delaware storage tanks before pumping it to Philadelphia area, eliminating tricky voyage through shallow Delaware River...
...dance hall had actually been changing its function for a long time. It started as a refuge for the "poor young clerks" Scott Fitzgerald wrote about; it evolved into a place of family entertainment. From the beginning, Founder Louis Brecker, a onetime Philadelphia accountant, was determined to put Roseland in a class beyond the average taxi dance hall. He publicized it as the "home of refined dancing" and installed two continuously playing orchestras (practically unheard of till then). He spotted and hired the comers in the dance-band world: Vincent Lopez, Harry James, Louis Armstrong, the Dorseys and Glenn Miller...
Until Sharman pulled a muscle in his right thigh this month, the Celtics had performed the remarkable feat of winning 14 of their 18 games. With Sharman out, they lost to Philadelphia, Rochester, Syracuse and New York, giving Boston rooters a chance to realize who was making the difference. In 19 games, 6-ft.-2-in. Bill Sharman had achieved a .433 field-goal percentage, far ahead of Cousy the Magnificent, and up there with the leading giants of the league, Philadelphia's Johnston, 6 ft. 8 in., and New York's Gallatin...