Word: pittsburgher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...league-leading Pittsburgh Pirates' star shortstop, Dick Groat, popped up into politics by declaring himself four-square behind Richard Nixon for the presidency. Groat was a onetime roommate of Nixon's younger (now 30) brother Ed at Nixon's law school alma mater, Duke University. After thus going on record, Infielder Groat was greeted by a few boos along with the cheers when the Pirates met the Philadelphia Phillies in a doubleheader. He silenced the booers by slamming six hits in eight turns at bat, helped push the Pirates to two victories...
...uncommonly well-written tale about the irregular but effective education of the most appealing little Southern girl since Carson McCullers' Frankie; and The Paratrooper of Mechanic Avenue, by Lester Goran, more growing pains, but this time those of a less savory hero on the loose in a Pittsburgh slum...
...average elapsed time between the filing of a federal civil suit and disposition of the case has increased from nine months in 1945 to 15 months now. In many state and local courts, justice is even slower. On the average, a civil suit drags on for 34 months in Pittsburgh, 61 months in New York's suburban Nassau County, a heartbreaking 70 months in Chicago...
...baseball Galbreath is also looking for a champion. He plunked down $400,000 in 1946 to become a member of a four-man syndicate (another member: Bing Crosby) that bought the ailing Pittsburgh Pirates. Four years later he got control (70%), took over as president and brought in Branch Rickey as general manager. Rickey signed up hundreds of young players, but the cure was slow. In the past decade the Pirates have usually finished way down, and Galbreath tossed in $1,500,000 to make up losses. This year things are different. At week's end the Pirates were...
...uncommonly well-written tale about the irregular but effective education of the most appealing little Southern girl since Carson McCullers' Frankie; and The Paratrooper of Mechanic Avenue, by Lester Goran, more growing pains but this time those of a less savory hero on the loose in a Pittsburgh slum...