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Jowls & Shanks. Pa is nicely played by Buddy Ebsen, 54, the ex-hoofer who last scored on TV as George Russell, constant companion of Davy Crockett. Pa has an oafishly agreeable young cousin named Jethro, who is a l'il weak-minded and has spent a dozen years in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: On the Cob | 11/30/1962 | See Source »

Wedded to Work. If the Liberals do get back on their feet after more than 40 years in eclipse, it will be almost entirely through Grimond's leadership. A ruggedly handsome man with a wayward lock of grey hair, Grimond, 49, is not so much a policymaker as a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: New Life for the Liberals | 9/28/1962 | See Source »

The names in this novel seem to have come from unpretentious rural tomb stones, the thin sandstone kind that a man could carry under one arm : Lizzie Yoh, Theodosia Garrison, Phrany Luck-enbill, Lutie Markle, Jake Loy. Palmyra Scarlett, Seranus Mast. They live in towns like Jacob's and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Heap o' writin' | 4/27/1962 | See Source »

The Pru's directors were faced with the unexpected task of finding a new president after Shanks resigned as a result of the furor about a personal timberland deal with Georgia-Pacific Corp., a big Pru borrower. Shanks, who would have saved $400,000 in taxes, canceled the deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Personnel: Prudential's Choice | 1/20/1961 | See Source »

Under Shanks, two or three men were being groomed for the top post, but the Pru's board passed over all the heirs apparent, including Executive Vice President Orville Beal, 51, who is thought by many to be in line for the next opening. Menagh's term as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Personnel: Prudential's Choice | 1/20/1961 | See Source »

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