Word: ruth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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High up in Chicago's Tribune Tower, the door to Colonel Robert R. McCormick's sanctum flew open. Out strode the colonel's niece, 30-year-old Ruth McCormick Miller, editor of his Washington Times-Herald. Mad as a wet hen, she took the elevator to the lobby, hustled off to her suite in the Ambassador East Hotel. There Newshen "Bazy" confirmed a fast-spreading rumor: she had just had a "heated showdown-not loud but emphatic"-with Bertie McCormick. Furthermore, she was all washed up as boss of the Times-Herald...
...colonel had proudly installed Bazy in her new job, underscoring the fact that she was the heir apparent to the McCormick publishing empire. "Tradition is an important thing . . ." Bertie said on his 65th birthday in 1947. "When, 15 or 20 years from now, I am no longer here, Ruth Elizabeth-Bazy -will be carrying...
Other committee heads elected were: Curricular, Natalie Dosick '52; Library, Margaret Fitzgerald '52; Orientation, Phebo Crampton '52; Publicity, Elizabeth Fleischner '54 and Ruth Jacobson '52; Community Service, Mary Jane Wade '52 and Phyllis Watt '54; Health Center, Ellin Louria '52; Social, Rachel Mellinger '52; Student Employment, Pamela Huntsman-Trout '52. The new editor of the Red Book, the student handbook, is Gloria Wagstaff...
Died. Ralph Forbes, 45, mannered actor of the old school, who came to the U.S. from his native London in 1924, stayed on to appear in more than 60 roles on Broadway (Hedda Gabler) and Hollywood (Frenchman's Creek); ex-husband of Actresses Ruth Chatterton and Heather Angel; of post-operative pneumonia; in The Bronx...
Thanks to Mercedes' efforts Todd goes free, and he secludes himself bitterly in the Texas countryside. Along comes a vacationing actress (Ruth Roman). Though she is well warned of Todd's reputation as a wife-killer, she determines to clear his name and starts worrying about his character only after she marries...