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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Their lineal chief, strapping, handsome, Oxford-trained Seretse Khama, 27, sat among them as they weighed his choice for wife & queen. While studying law in England, Seretse had married Ruth Williams, 24, a fair-haired London typist. By Bamangwato custom the Chief may wed only with the consent of tribal elders. Seretse had not asked for such consent. He was summoned home to defend his action before the Bamangwato peers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BECHUANALAND: For Throne & Love | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

Stadium Concert (Wed. 9 p.m., CBS). Conductor: Sir Adrian Boult. Soloist: Violinist Frances Magnes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Jul. 11, 1949 | 7/11/1949 | See Source »

Brass Button Revue (Wed. 10:40 p.m., NBC-TV). NBC pages, guides and guidettes present their own show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Jun. 27, 1949 | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

This mild Shavian spoof (recorded 21 years ago when Shaw was only 71) was broadcast in Manhattan over WNEW's A Treasury of the Spoken Word (Wed. 9 p.m.). Sponsored by the New York Public Library and produced by WNEW's Jack Grogan, who calls it a "literary disk-jockey show," the Spoken Word has brought its listeners the voices of such diverse personalities as Gandhi, Coolidge, Teddy Roosevelt, Cardinal Spellman, Bing Crosby (who gave a reading of The Star-Spangled Banner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: So They Say | 6/27/1949 | See Source »

Studio One (Wed. 10 p.m., CBS-TV). June Moon, with Glenda Farrell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Jun. 20, 1949 | 6/20/1949 | See Source »

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