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...Bell Ringer. In Bill Scranton, the Republicans introduced a young, fresh face, the scion of a wealthy and prominent Pennsylvania family (the state's populous coal-mining city bears their name). Bill Scranton flew transports in the Army Air Force for four years during World War II, serving in South America, Africa and the Middle East. He was Special Assistant to Secretary of State Christian Herter before he fought his way to victory in Pennsylvania's largely Democratic Tenth Congressional District with a doorbell-punching campaign that stressed local issues, including his part in bringing new industries into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Politics: Battle of the Socialites | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

...broken automatic I.B.M. time clock bell-ringer is responsible for the silence emanating from Memorial Church bell tower yesterday and today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bells Toll Silently--By Automatic Clock | 11/21/1961 | See Source »

...Luis Obispo to San Diego. Sacramento's Atlas Bomb Shelter is starting to merchandise a 35-ton prefab model for six that, depending on excavation costs, will sell for between $5,000 and $6,000. "We haven't done any advertising yet," crows Atlas' Boss Frank Ringer, "but even so, there's so much demand we can hardly keep up with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Building: Shelter Skelter | 9/1/1961 | See Source »

Last week in the Warwick fire station. the counter on Dr. Anderson's gun clicked off the 500,00cth shot that he and his corpsmen have given in the past six years. Soon after, Dr. Anderson had to quit and let a corpsman relieve him; the trigger ringer on his right hand, despite a golfer's glove, was too painfully blistered for him to carry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Six-Shooter | 8/29/1960 | See Source »

...Dippermouth Blues with such studious care that they even mastered the ascending intonation of the famous cry. "Oh, play that thing." near the record's end. And a jazz singer named Inge Brandenburg, 31, belted out her numbers with a phrasing and intonation that made her a dead ringer for Billie Holiday...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Der Jazz | 6/20/1960 | See Source »

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