Word: silver
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Commanche Territory" concerns the period in history when unruly mobs almost moved into Indian land to mine silver. Jim Bowie, friendly with the Indian because they admired his knife, manages to hold the bad men out of the land until the new treaty is signed. Except for a fight pitting the Bowie knife against an Indian tomshawk, this is unusually dull...
...know of no man who has devoted his life more unselfishly, nor with better effect, to the public good," wrote U.N. Mediator Ralph J. Bunche. Two bulky volumes of such warm words from all over the world were presented one day last week to a shy-looking, silver-haired man as he stood before a gathering on the Main Line campus of Pennsylvania's Haverford College. There some 600 Friends and friends of Friends gathered for a day of speechmaking, picnicking and Quaker fellowship to honor Clarence Evan Pickett, 65, retiring as executive secretary of the American Friends Service...
...white duck trousers, the cadets marched in special review before him. Then, after James had completed his inspection, students, faculty and alumni went to the auditorium for a convocation. In honor of "50 years of long and faithful service," James Hankins was presented with a plaque, a chest of silver, two purses collected by fellow employees and alumni, a gold watch and chain. For the wall outside the dining hall there was a big bronze plate with the academy seal and James's name below it. Said Head Chef Hankins, who intends to stay on at P.M.A. as long...
...Keefe favors fantasies like On Borrowed Time and dramas like The Silver Cord. "What we need are strong, straight, logical dramatic issues. If a man is grappling with his problems, the camera can go right...
...Silver Theater (Mon. 8 p.m., CBS-TV). Ann Dvorak in Close...