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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hooked up with jumpers on the right side of the plane when a red light flashed the five-minute warning earlier in the flight. But as the plane pitched in the backwash of planes ahead, he felt airsick, reached up, unhooked his chute from the static line and sat down. His chute or pack caught in the bucket seat. He sat, struggling but immovable, as the abandon-ship bell shrilled, as his fellow jumpers tumbled out, and as the plane crashed...
...Greenlease (TIME, Nov. 16). The only issue before the jury in Kansas City, Mo. was that of prison or death. Burly U.S. Attorney Edward L. Scheufler demanded death, and started calling witnesses to spell out the crime in squalid detail. A nun's face was pale as she sat with her crucifix in her lap and told of being tricked into releasing Bobby Greenlease from school to go to his "sick mother." Who had fooled her? Sister Morand hesitated, looked around, half rose and pointed at Mrs. Heady. Bonnie Heady faced her accuser impersonally. Carl Hall studied his shoes...
Winky Dink and You (Sat. 11 a.m., CBS-TV) is a children's show that will cost many a parent half a dollar. The program proposes to teach "creative drawing and self-expression" to moppets. It shows simplified sketches of steamboats, locomotives, etc. on the screen while the young artists-or at least those who have sent in for the 50? Winky Dink Magic TV Kit-make copies and add their own embellishments. The Magic Kit contains a transparent plastic window that sticks to the TV screen, a set of special crayons and a flannel erasing cloth. Parents...
Stars Over Hollywood (Sat. 12:30 p.m., CBS). William Lundigan in The Gentle Conspiracy...
...HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 21--High up on the south side, an old Harvard grad, he must have been Class of '14 or so, sat down and cried with joy. The declared read Visitors 13, Yale 0. Already, more youthful Harvards were swarming through the Bowl's exits singing and cheering jubilantly. A few yards to the side, John Culver and Nick Culolias, 200 pound giants, were playfully slamming each other on the back...