Word: chester
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Before Harry Truman, the U.S. had had six Presidents whom death had brought to the White House. Of those six, only two-Theodore Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge-were elected for another term. The others-John Tyler (1841-44), Millard Fillmore (1850-52), Andrew Johnson (1865-68) and Chester Arthur (1881-84)-were all repudiated by their own parties...
...Chester Bowles (Sat. 1:30 p.m., ABC), discussing U.N.'s Appeal for Children...
...turned to the citizens of 45 nations for extra funds. Throughout the world the campaign would reach a climax on Feb. 29 with a leap year appeal for every citizen to give the extra day's earnings. The committee, whose International Advisory Board is headed by former OPAster Chester Bowles, hopes to gather $60 million in the U.S. alone. A third of this would go directly to I.C.E.F. The rest would be divided among the Overseas Aid group agencies, including Quakers, Catholic Welfare Conference, A.F.L. and C.I.O. foreign relief programs...
James Phinney Baxter registered the objections of Williams College officials accompanied by President Howard Jefferson of Clark University; Beancroft Beatley of Simmon College; Chester M. Alter of the Boston University Graduate School; and James R. Killian acting in the absence of President Karl T. Kempton for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
...first time, A.M.A. gave a gold medal and a certificate "for exceptional service by a general practitioner." The winner of the honor was big (6 ft., 245 lbs.) Dr. Archer Chester Sudan (rhymes with Sioux Dan), 55, whose hamlike hands have been caring for patients in Colorado mountain villages for more than 20 years...