Word: salem
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dean." In a pure corn-pone drawl, Vinegar explains his nickname: "Vinegar Bend, Mississippi [pop. about 75] is where ah gets mah mail.'' Signed as a barefoot prospect in nearby Leakesville, Miss. (pop. around 1,000) two years ago, Vinegar bounced up the Cardinal chain to Winston-Salem last year, where he won 17 games, struck out 227 batters in 207 innings. Cardinal Manager Marty Marion exults over his huge (6 ft. 3 in., 200 lbs.) pitcher: "He has the livest fast ball I've seen in years...
Social Security. In Salem, Ore., a bill introduced in the state legislature would guarantee a moviegoer double his money back if he fails to find a seat within 30 minutes after entering the theater...
...first 11 printed copies of the Declaration of Independence is on exhibition at Widener Library until Monday. Also on exhibit are copies of the first editions printed in Salem, Massachusetts, and Newport, Rhode Island...
...Salem, Ore., the Portland Symphony lobbied with music instead of words. The whole orchestra packed up, drove 52 miles to play in the capitol rotunda. Object: permission to have a symphony subsidy plan on the Portland ballot...
...Society's release also pointed out that the walls were of Salem limestone from Indiana, that they evidenced, a rare geologic formation called "styolitcs," and that the ancient fossils were evident throughout the showers of Leverett...