Word: va
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Born 48 years ago in Charleston, W. Va., where his father was a coal-mining engineer. Stockly's first bid for fame was on the baseball diamond. Because he was so small, he was a pitcher's despair. A local sportswriter dubbed him "Fly's Eyelash Stockly." However, in time he grew and now stands (unslouched) a respectable...
...first anniversary of Martha's marriage to Oliver Presbrey, a New York advertising executive. Millionaire Clendenin Ryan, who would like to be governor of New Jersey, footed the bill as a belated wedding present for the Presbreys. At first he planned a cozy little party at his Warrenton, Va. estate. "We asked 40 people and 60 accepted," said Ryan. Ryan and Martha were convinced that the scope of the enterprise should be expanded and brought to Martha's home in Washington...
Vienna had heard of Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera, but it did not expect that a voice which had pleased the Met would necessarily be good enough to please Vienna. The Viennese suspended judgment when they heard that an American soprano named Eleanor Steber, born in Wheeling, W. Va., was coming to town for a lead role in their June music festival. Soprano Steber, making the first continental tour of her career, suspended judgment, too. By last week she was the bit of Vienna...
...SHAFER Lieutenant, U.S.N. Falls Church, Va...
DESPITE higher VA and FHA interest rates, mortgage money remains short in many areas, particularly small cities. Only one in four cities under 25,000 has mortgage funds readily available. Construction figures are beginning to reflect the money shortage. In May, housing starts totaled 107,000 v. 110,000 in April, the first April-May decline since...