Word: york
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Miles Davis Sextet, a well-established jazz combo that got a big hand and rated it. Trumpeter Miles Davis,* who years ago launched in New York what became known as "West Coast jazz," groups together some of jazzland's most gifted performers (Pianist Wynton Kelly, Alto Saxophonist Julian-"Cannonball"-Adderly, Drummer Jimmy Cobb, Bassist Paul Chambers, Tenor Saxophonist John Coltrane), has rehearsed them to play an original repertory (jazzed-up ballads in classic form) with the cohesiveness of a chamber music ensemble...
...also made the New York police blotter last week by getting in a scrape in front of Manhattan's Birdland jazz spot. According to the cops, Davis and fans were blocking the sidewalk, refused to heed an order to move on; in the scuffle Davis got blackjacked, was charged with assaulting a policeman, and had his performer's permit suspended...
Searching for passengers on the June 10 New York-to-Liverpool voyage, the Daily Express placed three transatlantic calls to Mrs. Mona Kucker, a Norwalk, Conn, dog breeder who had sat at the captain's table. Mrs. Kucker gave the first real rundown on the charges. "I have a letter from Captain Armstrong," said she, "saying that he has been accused of chasing young girls around the ship and sitting in the main lounge with Mrs. Silverstone on his knee, zipping and unzipping her dress." Added Mrs. Kucker: "Nothing like that even loosely transpired...
Sleek, solid-colored and almost chromeless, the new cars held few surprises-but some bonuses-for Mercedes fans. The lower-priced 180 models ($3,300 to $3,567 in New York) and the luxurious 300 SL Roadster ($10,978) were basically unchanged. But Mercedes' new 220 series of six-cylinder sedans, the most popular in the line, appeared in a sleeker new version, with a redesigned engine that boosts power output to a top of 134 h.p. The medium-priced 220 ($4,767 with fuel injection) has a somewhat lower, slightly streamlined body that keeps the unmistakable Mercedes look...
Advise and Consent, by Allen Drury. New York Timesman Drury's novel about politicking in Washington is sometimes as heavy as a Times thinkpiece, but it provides a dandy guessing game: Taft, Krishna Menon and Truman are recognizable, but who, for instance, is the high-positioned skirt chaser...