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...Pantagraph's present publisher, six-foot Loring "Bud" Merwin, is a fourth generation descendant of old Jesse Fell. Many newsmen consider his prairie daily one of the best-run small papers (circ. 32,000) in the U.S. For its wealthy rural readers, the Pantagraph runs more farm news than Prairie Farmer, backs its "clean and consistent record of internationalism" with full coverage of world affairs. (Adlai Stevenson, another Fell descendant and minority stockholder of the Pantagraph, is a U.S. Alternate Delegate to U.N.) Politically the Pantagraph has never hesitated to shuck its normal Republicanism when a Democrat looked better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Lincoln to El Greco | 12/2/1946 | See Source »

Died. Cornelia T. Crosby, 93, who as a sickly girl was advised to "take huge doses of outdoors" for her health, became a six-foot Maine woods' guide and first woman to hold a Maine guide license; in Lewiston, Me. She modeled the first short-skirt sports costume for women (seven inches from the ground) at the National Sportsman Show of 1895, was credited with coining the phrase "Playground of the Nation" for her native state, was believed to have caught more fish with a fly than any other woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 25, 1946 | 11/25/1946 | See Source »

BOLT ELWELL, seasoned by two years of experience, has been one of the defensive giants in the Eli's campaign this fall. The six-foot two-inch 205 pounder always turns in a steadily solid performance flanking the five-man Eli defensive line...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Biographies in Blue | 11/23/1946 | See Source »

NICK RODIS, Drvaric's running mate, has come in for special praise from Harlow in three games this season. The six-foot 205-pound left guard has improved steadily all year, consistently making more than his share of the tackles. A former New Hampshire all-state guard, he always tackles for keeps...

Author: By W. R. F., | Title: Crimson Catalogue | 11/23/1946 | See Source »

JACK FISHER, proclaimed by sports writers as "one of the outstanding centers in the East," is the son of the late Robert T. Fisher who was head coach of the Crimson Varsity football teams from 1919 through 1925. Although his six-foot four-inch, 185-pound frame looks spare, he is not only the best pass defender on the squad, but the most rugged tackler...

Author: By W. R. F., | Title: Crimson Catalogue | 11/23/1946 | See Source »

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