Word: radford
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Bristol, Va., Dr. John Preston Mc Connell, 66, president of East Radford, Va.'s State Teachers College, rose to address some 100 male & female colleagues of Southwestern Virginia, Inc., of which also he is president. Suddenly his trousers dropped, bunched about his knees. Cool, Dr. McConnell pulled them up, declared: "I'm indeed glad this happened. It has put everybody in a good mood...
Central College (Fayette, Mo.) George A. Radford, St. Louis banker....... LL.D. George Baker Longan, publisher of the Kansas City Star ...... LL.D...
...Hartford, Ala.. Police Chief J. C. Roney and ex-Mayor J. H. Radford had disliked each other for years. One morning a road-scraping machine went into operation directly in front of the ex-mayor's house, put the ex-mayor into a frightful humor, sent him hurrying to the police chief to demand that the nuisance cease. The police chief put his left hand on the ex-mayor's shoulder, the ex-mayor put his left hand on the police chief's shoulder; with their right hands they drew pistols, shot each other to death...
Last week Congressman William Radford Coyle of Pennsylvania cracked a joke of which the theme promises to be stale indeed before the 72nd House is organized. Mr. Coyle was traveling from San Francisco to San Diego. At first he planned to go by airplane. Then, cautiously, he took a train instead. His reason: "I couldn't run any risks, as I am one of the two Republicans who hold the balance of power in the House...