Word: samuels
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...soldier in the ranks," wailed Brooklyn Democrat Manny Celler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. "I've got to do what the Speaker wants me to do." What House Speaker Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, 76, wanted, instead of a constitutional amendment, was a simple congressional statute that would give Congress the dominant voice in deciding whether a President is disabled and whether a Vice President ought to take over as Acting President. And after two hours of hot opposition to Mister Sam's ukase, the Judiciary Committee last week voted to send even the Celler version of the Mister...
...week's end, the three Amish youngsters were still at large, and their parents were still in jail. Amish Bishop Samuel Swartzentruber said they would stay there "if it is God's will. We are not giving in." Some non-Amish Wayne County residents sympathized with the industrious, black-clad farmers, with whom they get along well, if distantly. But most of them agree that not even religion should be allowed to cut off children from the opportunity to become businessmen, doctors, lawyers or musicians, if they want to, instead of farmers. Prospect for the next school year...
...SAMUEL A. WOOD Baldwin...
...Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn, 76, has been a member of the House of Representatives for 45 years and Speaker for 13-longer than any other man in history. The years have made him waspish, crotchety and stubborn...
...idea, of course, was to give the glamorous Dietrich back to the millions who once adored her on the screen-and who still jampack the nightclubs she plays in. But Director Samuel Taylor has tactlessly insisted that the lady (who now admits to being fiftyish) concentrate on sex, and has largely overlooked the possibilities of her sophisticated comedy talents. The moviegoer, as a result, is sometimes painfully aware that the siren is a bit rusty; yet he is seldom allowed to realize that the belle, even with diminished resonance, still rings...