Word: philadelphia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...operation daily diet of 1,800 calories had been increased to 2,500; slowly, he was recovering some of his lost weight. He was feeling "stronger and stronger," he told his doctors. The physicians-the White House's Howard Snyder, Walter Reed Hospital's Leonard Heaton, Philadelphia Specialist Isidor Ravdin-all agreed. "The President," they reported, "has had a very satisfactory week. His convalescent progress has been steady and uneventful...
Pennsylvania (74) : 38 pledged to Stevenson, with the possibility that Governor George Leader and Pittsburgh's Mayor Dave Lawrence can increase his total to 60. The other 14 are swayed by Philadelphia's noncommittal Democratic City Chairman William Green, who has urged that Pennsylvania go slow on Stevenson...
...trim, worn turf of the center court at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Philadelphia's handsome, aging (32) Vic Seixas (rhymes with gracious) blew a handsome lead. For most of five sets the crowd got some thrilling tennis. Then Seixas' styleless but often effective game came to pieces in the face of a couple of questionable calls. Glaring at the linesmen got him nowhere. "Get on with it!" called an irritated fan, but Seixas was through. Deft and deadly, Australia's young (21) Ken Rosewall ran out the match...
...credit, they have also slowly learned to gab in their own behalf while still in uniform. Though they have never really joined organized labor-four separate unions have flopped, and they have never managed a successful strike-each team has its player representative. If trivial requests have failed (one Philadelphia muscleman thought dugout benches needed foam-rubber cushions), earnest efforts to improve conditions have built the pension system and boosted minimum salaries...
Billie had already gone through an expensive "cure" to kick the narcotics habit when she was arrested and convicted in Philadelphia on a dope-possession charge, and sent to prison. Less than a year after her release, she was arrested again−and acquitted−in California. The way she tells it, the deck was stacked against her. "When I was on [dope], nobody gave me any trouble," she says. "I got into trouble when I tried to get off." She was arrested last winter again in Philadelphia, where the trial is still pending. And there her story ends...