Word: swinging
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Please go swing your battle ax at some deserving target-there is no shortage...
Most TV stations are off the air by 1 a.m., but Pittsburgh's WDTV is one U.S. station that telecasts 24 hours a day. The experiment began last month, after Station Manager Harold Lund discovered that nearly 200,000 swing-shift workers in the steel mills and other Pittsburgh industries seldom got a chance to see TV except on weekends...
WDTV's Swing Shift starts at 12:50 a.m., runs until the daytime programs begin at 7 a.m. It is sold, at $475 an hour, to sponsors peddling beer, jewelry, insurance and pianos. Each night and dawning, televiewers see two feature films, two westerns and one episode of a serial (currently: Flash Gordon). Because "you can't call people up on a survey at 4 in the morning," Lund has no idea of the size of his audience, but there is no doubt that the show is going over. Swing Shift fan letters pour in at the rate...
...Bruin lineup is evenly sprinkled with left and righthanded hitters. The ninth man, pitcher Ken Moffat who beat Yale earlier this season, throws with his right hand. Only the fact that the Bruins' two big hitters, captain Bob MacConnell and catcher Lou Murgo, swing righty may persuade McInnis to give Donelan his first start...
Members of the Eisenhower, Taft, and Kefauver for President clubs will be working throughout the Boston area today during the Massachusetts presidential primary, in an attempt to swing the crucial state delegation behind their candidate...