Word: placid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What's Ham? Affable, broad-shouldered George Boyce, 52, had begun his teaching career in Eastern prep schools (St. Paul's, the Lake Placid School, the Chestnut Hill Academy). He had been working with Navajos for more than nine years. At Brigham City he lost no time getting the wheels turning. Within six months, with a $3,700,000 appropriation, he had remodeled every room in the hospital, built a gymnasium and seven other new buildings, organized a staff of 130. By January, George Boyce was ready for his first pupils at Intermountain Indian School...
...chatty fashion of country weeklies everywhere, the Capac, Mich. Journal (circ. 750) noted last week that "Herbert Gottschalk is some improved," "Miss Vera Reynolds is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sharrad," and "Robert McCoy is driving a new Chevrolet." Along with this gossip about the placid life of the prosperous little farm community (pop. 1,200), was one item of more than ordinary interest: "Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Hunter have planned to hold open house for Noble Hunter, Sunday afternoon ... at their home, 209 Aldrich Avenue. Mr. Hunter will be 93 years of age Saturday...
...kind of story that local prosecutors often show no curiosity about. But the federal Government, taking the case out of Georgia's hands, charged chunky, placid Dade County Sheriff John W. Lynch, three deputies and six Klansmen with conspiring to violate the civilrights provisions of the 14th Amendment.* Sheriff Lynch had been present when the Klansmen grabbed the Negroes; one of the victims testified that he had asked the sheriff for protection and the sheriff had walked away. The first trial last December ended with a hung jury; last week a second set of jurors failed to find proof...
...awkward youngster. Eight years later he had gained 10 lbs., 8 in., and his third successive world title. Part of the explanation of his success, Dick Button says, is his Swiss-born coach Gus Lussi, who spotted him eight years ago on the Olympic rink at Lake Placid, N.Y., was impressed with the youngster's determination, if not his skill. Together they spend long hours sketching intricate free-skating routines to supplement the required "school figures" which Button hates but which are part of all championship competition...
Currently on a two-week leave of absence from the University, Button went through a rigorous training routine at Lake Placid before flying to England; for the next three days he will be competing in Paris for the Grand Prix de France, a new prize, and then will return to Cambridge for a 9 A.M. class Monday morning...