Snead on Golf Swing and Teaching Approach
Sammy Snead discusses the golf swing as a whole body action from head to feet, stressing balance and coordinated movement between hips knees and hands. He notes common faults include tension and premature downswing and compares teaching golf with playing in the tough professional circuit. Football in Texas peaks in 1950 with huge crowds and Cotton Bowl interest as Tennessee challenges Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AM Snead
Vardon
Braid
Taylor
Jones
Hagen
Sarazen
Hogan
Nelson
Sammy Snead
White Sulphur Springs
Snead
Grantland Rice
Sammy
Sam
Ben Hogan
Lincoln rebukes calls to dismiss Seward and unity plea
The piece condemns Republican efforts in Congress to oust Secretary of State Dean Acheson, arguing such moves threaten national unity in a time of danger. It notes Senatorial leaders distort facts, praises President Truman's stance, and cites Wilson era unity and current political tensions. It also mentions Margaret Truman, the president's press secretary, and a volleyball aid event at Walter Reed, plus farm market receipts and real estate gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
William H. Seward
Congress
Acheson
Joe McCarthy
William Jenner
Kenneth Wherry
Dean Acheson
GOP
Margaret Truman
Joe Short
Baltimore Sun
Barkley
Secret Service
National Press Club
Walter Reed General Hospital
Polio Epidemic Toll Rises Across Nation in 1950
The 1950 polio surge affected over 30,000 people nationwide with Texas Virginia Maryland and Iowa among hard hit states. March of Dimes funded care totaling 94 million dollars for polio patients, nurses and equipment, as 1950 marked one of the three blackest years in the nation's polio history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
SMU
Ohio State
Army
Oklahoma
California
New York
Alaska
March of Dimes
National Foundation of
Virginia
Maryland
Iowa
National Foundation
The
Red Cross
Polio Victim Barret Hoyt First To Survive Iron Lung
The Harvard senior Barret Hoyt was saved by a pioneering iron lung on Friday the 13th, September 1929. Doctors Kramer Aycock and Drinker operated the machine as Hoyt struggled to breathe, marking a turning point in polio treatment. Hoyt recovered in four weeks and later worked in Boston.
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Barret Hoyt
Harvard University
S D Kramer
Harvard
Philp Drinker
Barret
United States
March of Dimes
Boston
Kramer
W Il, Aycock
Harvard Poliomyelitis Commission
Aycock
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Drinker
Barrett
Barrett Hoyt
Brookline
Mass
Quirky Jokes and Banter Light Up A Night of Laughs
A jumble of cartoon captions and one liners delivers quick humor. Jests include a medium accused spiritualist, a wrong number twins gag, a rare Victrola tale, bear story, Venus de Milo food joke, chilly mornings quip, boot black to hairdresser rise, Swiss cheese mystery, and a mother asking for a quarter.
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Eddie
Athletics
University OF Michigan
Nisai
Sportlight
Dallas
Rice
Austin
Tennessee
Bob Neyland
South
Southwest
Town
Washington
Walter Shead
Apsere
Seward
Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Charles Tobey
New Hampshire
Truman
Lincoln
House
Senate
East North Central States
National Foundation For
George Washington
Venus de Milo
Harold Arnett
Aving
Union Loan and Savings Association
Nebraska
Eng
Sears New Styles
Leonard Fitcil
K. E. Lookabaugi
Sears Roebuck & Co
Nebrask
Wanda Hayes Welch
Sharp
Offera Chaleur
Joe Marcho Dimes
Smite Brothers
Lydian E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Efere
Vicks
Vicks Wannpriath
Oream
VanoRub
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