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...laugh at the women's circle of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Clendenin (South); but O God: there are times when I want to go home so bad, just sit on the porch with a glass of bourbon and watch smoke curl out of my father's pipe and the cars across the river. Then I go back to my room and close the door and listen to John Prine...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: Please Don't Bury Me | 1/6/1977 | See Source »

Yesterday afternoon the thirteen broken radiators were removed and new ones were brought in, but before heat can be restored, a new pipe to the radiators must be installed...

Author: By Jacob J. Lew, | Title: South House Radiators Freeze, Burst, Flooding Suites Over Christmas Break | 1/4/1977 | See Source »

...been spent mostly as a specialist in defense economics. A lifelong Republican-but one who nonetheless considers himself an apolitical technocrat-he joined the Nixon Administration in 1969 and served as assistant budget director, AEC chairman, CIA director and, finally, Secretary of Defense. His trademarks were an ever-present pipe, an ever-flapping shirttail, a rumpled suit and a heavy-handed sarcasm that made him many enemies. Ford fired him last year, because of both his abrasiveness and his skepticism about détente...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Crusading for Conservation | 1/3/1977 | See Source »

...employs his son, two daughters, a son-in-law and a master mechanic. But he contracts out all upholstery and painting work for another $2,000, and reaches far afield for authentic parts. The spare-tire mount comes from Argentina, for instance, the speedometer from the U.S.S.R., a water pipe from South Africa; Laumer gets only the chassis and a few other parts in the U.S. All together, the parts cost more than $5,000 per car, though Laumer hopes to cut the expense by ordering in bulk -when he boosts capacity to perhaps ten cars a month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: An A for Nostalgia | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

...star of the popular BBC television series based on the adventures of Maigret; of cancer; in London. Davies' career began in a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, when he acted in troop shows. The BBC signed him in 1960 to play Maigret, the pipe-smoking French detective created by Novelist Georges Simenon. For his portrayal of Maigret, Davies was chosen British Actor of the Year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 6, 1976 | 12/6/1976 | See Source »

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