Word: texan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hottest golfer in this winter's tournament circuit is also the nation's most promising young pro. Jack Burke, a stockily handsome Texan and a golfer for 22 of his 29 years, had won, up to last week, the last three Professional Golf Association contests-the Texas, Houston and Baton Rouge Opens-with his combined scores a dazzling 44 under par. His winnings ($6,720) were tops...
Clark Gable suavely fills his usual sweaty-chested, he-man role as Dan Burke, a Texan cattleman who "only fights for money." However Ava Gardner as the pert, pretty editor of the "Austin Blade" finally reforms him. Broderick Crawford, although too deadpan, gives a better than average portrayal of the traditional "badman." Gable fights for annexation, Crawford against, and Miss Gardner wavers in between...
...Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, chairman of the Senate preparedness subcommittee, gave his in a scathing report that deliveries of planes, tanks and radar sets are 30% to 70% behind schedule. The reason, says Texan Johnson, is that "we didn't have the courage to put guns ahead of butter ... to put the cause of liberty ahead of the pursuit of luxury...
Three of the bombers and the one MIG were destroyed by Major George A. Davis Jr., a slight, blue-eyed Texan who raised his total kills to six and became the fifth ace of the Korean war (he shot down seven enemy planes in the Pacific during World War II). It was the day before his 31st birthday. He and his flight-mates feted their victory with roast beef and whisky...
There are two "Americans" involved in the story. Played by Martin Rudy and Hildy Parks, they are rather sad caricatures of a big Texan and a flamboyant millionairess; the blame for this however, must go to author Roger McDougall who seems to have gotten the impression that all Americans mix Coca Cola with their scotch...