Word: townes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Edinburgh Festival, Britain's terrible-tempered Conductor Sir Thomas Beecham paused between downbeats to take a swipe at his Scottish host. The Edinburgh Festival and others like it are "bunk." said Sir Thomas. "They are for the purpose of attracting trade for the town. What that has to do with music I don't know...
Cartoons & Shorts. For the most part, the Republicans trudged through the script like good town marshals in an uninspired Hollywood horse opera. Even with live pigeons and baby elephants, Chinese dragons and pretty pompon girls to dress up the act, the actors were depressingly well-mannered. But if the feature attraction was predictable, there were some lively cartoons and notable short subjects: a beaming Ike playfully flicking balloons with Joe Martin; Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge cold-shouldering Harold Stassen; Keynoter Langlie imitating Keynoter Frank ("How long, O how long?") Clement; the Eisenhowers and Nixons grouped together beneath the rostrum...
...that his success is real or permanent. He is a high-mark senior at Columbia University, is still planning to become a teacher. Last week, on a swing through the Midwest, he wound up eleven shows in 14 days. A Baton Rouge disk jockey, determined to get Boone to town by some means or other, climbed a pole and announced his determination to sit there until the hero arrived. "He's gonna sit there until I come down," sighs Pat, "so I suppose I'll have...
When the Times's San Francisco edition rolled off the press, it was perfectly legible (right down to the small-type financial quotations), its photographs were only a bit grainier than usual-and its news was as fresh as any in town. Estimated cost of the five-day experiment...
...later the true robbers were caught and Lyon was released on bail. He lived under a cloud for seven long years, finally brought suit for malicious prosecution against his accusers, and won $9,000 damages. With his new wealth, Lyon went to one of the most fashionable painters in town and commissioned a portrait. He had no wish to be portrayed as a gentleman, he informed the startled John Neagle, but as a workingman. Yet the canvas must be splendid. It must show him lifesize, laboring honestly at his forge. And in the background must be seen the accursed jail...