Word: septic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, beefy, blue-eyed Tighe (rhymes with buy) Woods invited newsmen to his air-conditioned Washington office and shyly announced that he had a surprise for them: he had built a house to sell for $6,750, including a ½-acre lot and a septic tank. Explained Woods: "I thought it was about time somebody did something about housing the guy who makes $50 a week. The building industry told me it couldn't be done, so I decided to find out for myself...
Found: Problem. Mayor Winfield Scott Marvel, who is also Arco's undertaker and paperhanger, began worrying about such big-city problems as labor unions, jails, and sewage (Arco now uses septic tanks). Other nearby towns caught the atomic fever, began figuring on their share of atomic prosperity. The mayor of Pocatello (pop. 30,000) expansively predicted a population of 100,000 in three years. A poolroom owner refused $70,000 for his place ("That's when two fools met," commented Idaho Congressman John Sanborn...
There were more idlers on the streets. Bowling alleys were filled nightly with spectators who came in for a free show. By day men scoured the town for work. A theater manager who was installing a septic tank at his new home outside of town said: "A couple of days ago three fellows came out and asked if they could have the job. I told them they could do the digging at a dollar an hour. They took it. Why, Jackson hasn't seen such prices in the building business since before...
...eater of evenings as a 'Benign Frankenstein,' " the FORUM wonders if there are not "many who would question his use of the word benign." Is there any basis for optimism? "The U.S., essentially unchanged by such other modern advances as the supersonic airplane and the super-septic tank, may survive television. A remote possibility...
Died. Lady Eleanor Smith, 42, novelist (Red Wagon, Flamenco), daughter of the first Earl of Birkenhead; of septic colitis; in London. Prouder of her Romany blood than of her title, she specialized in gypsy and circus stories, wrote her autobiography at eight, did it again at 35 (Life's a Circus) with many a gypsy flourish...