Word: wharf
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Deejay Rege Cordic of Pittsburgh's pioneer station KDKA hit upon the "ancient" sport of brick throwing. The contest was moved to a wharf jutting into the Allegheny River after the first contestant threw his brick 67 ft. 2 in., "smack into a tentful of boy scouts." In all, some 75 athletes heaved their bricks into the water. Record toss: 80 ft., give or take a yard or two. What was it all about? None of the brick heavers were quite sure. But Disk Jockey Cordic has a new hobby magazine coming out in the fall, to be called...
Cape Cod, always a pleasure playground in the summer, has many outstanding companies, including the Provincetown Players, appearing at the Playhouse on the Wharf. The Players open on July 3 with A Moon for the Misbegotten, and continue through the season with The Climate of Eden (July 14-19), The Family Reunion, Separate Tables (July 28-Aug. 2), The Emperor Jones (Aug. 4-9), The Summer's Treason (Aug. 11-16), and The Millionairess...
...four-month tour of the Antarctic and the lesser British island possessions in the Indian Ocean. This was the separation that later set off the rumors in the U.S. press of a royal rift. Elizabeth's subjects, however, were more sensible. Australians were charmed when he talked to wharf laborers, called in small groups of representative citizens for cocktails and dinner and quizzed them on Commonwealth affairs. New Zealanders remember him fondly at a lunch in Christchurch, breaking into the speeches in his own honor to propose a toast to the mayor, who, Philip had discovered, was celebrating...
Outboard Dugout. At a wharf in the Tutong River, a Dayak fisherman, the descendant of generations of headhunters, climbs into his primitive dugout canoe, glances at his stainless-steel Rolex wristwatch, yanks the starter cord on his Johnson outboard motor, and whooshes upstream in a spray of foam (in one year alone, more than 1,000 outboard motors were sold in Brunei). Farther along the river, a work crew of tattooed natives mix concrete for the pilings of a new bridge. There is money in their pockets for ice-cold Carlsberg beer, Lucky Strikes and Ronson cigarette lighters...
Between delegations on Monday, Nixon managed to find time for a luncheon trip to Fisherman's Wharf with newsmen and Dan Gainey, Minnesota jewelry manufacturer who backed Harold Stassen in 1948 and 1952 but has grown increasingly cool toward Childe Harold. No sooner had Nixon left his car for the block-long walk to the Exposition Grotto than a crowd began to gather. Nixon showed all the pump-handle efficiency of an Estes Kefauver in shaking hands with cab drivers, tourists, shopkeepers, cops, and everyone else he could reach...