Word: victors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Marco for his bride-his village sweetheart, Teresa Tissians. By the time he died in 1919, Leopoldo had raised five children and laid the foundations of a fortune in downtown Reno real estate. In the years since, by prudent investment, Leopoldo's two sons, Joseph, now 71, and Victor, 64, boosted the family's wealth to an estimated $2,000,000, but continued to live in bachelor simplicity in an unostentatious bungalow on Reno's Arlington Avenue...
...village would be given 25 shares of Bank of America stock, worth $1,200, with annual dividends running to $80 or more. Said Joseph: "We felt that giving them stock, so they would get a dividend check every quarter, would put joy in everyone's heart." Argued Victor: "Then we thought that because of America's trouble with Russia . . . this might be a pretty good move. Because if Italy went Communist, the whole of Africa would be open to Russia." He added: "If these people hang onto their stock, it will be worth a lot of money someday...
...Died. Victor McLaglen, 72, adventurer on and off the movie screen; of congestive heart failure; in Newport Beach, Calif. Born in England, brought up in South Africa, hulking (6 ft. 3 in., more than 200 lbs.) Victor McLaglen fought in the Boer War (1899-1902), dug for gold in Canada, won an Oscar for his lead performance in The Informer...
...convert. By the time Alvord got through with Frank Pace Jr., chairman of General Dynamics, Pace was a dedicated Northland trustee. By this year, tiny Northland has a solid gold board that many a university might envy. Among its members : Presidential Friend George E. Allen, Publisher Gardner Cowles, Industrialist Victor Emanuel, Movie Arbiter Eric Johnston, Financier Floyd B. Odium...
Pontiac Star Parade (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Victor Borge pursues an elusive tulip through this Scandinavian travelogue, and, once arrived at his Danish castle, settles down to some hilarious monkey business...