Word: opened
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Else. Even when she was a 200-Ib. schoolgirl in Bakersfield, Calif., singing in assemblies, Ann had a voice that could sell a song. Eventually she was so good that she was barred from "open'' competitions. At 19 she quit school, went to Sacramento and got an $80-a-week job at a small watering place called the Mo-Mo Club. After that came places such as Elko, Nev. and Eureka. Kans. As she slimmed down to her present 145 Ibs., Ann began to get dates in Las Vegas and Hollywood...
Today Young Life has branches in 250 high-school districts in 23 states, a newspaper, and an annual budget of more than $500,000. Funds are supplied primarily by contributors, including some big businessmen. There are no membership rolls or dues; local chapters are open to all, and usually meet with Young Life leaders-volunteer or paid-in the houses of participants. Meetings never last more than an hour, consist of rousing gospel singing and serious talk about Christ and his teaching...
...stories published about the suit did not come from court records-as the papers themselves admitted-but from sources over which the court had no control. While holding to the suppression of the record at this time, Levin said that all hearings on the case will be held in open court...
...Among them: a Titan suffered ruptured tanks and ripped skin at Denver in August, when workers failed to follow specified fueling procedures, pumped fuel into the tanks at too rapid a rate. Another was severely damaged while being airlifted to Cape Canaveral in October, when Martin workers failed to open valves inside the missile so that it could "breathe" during the flight; pressure differences caused an implosion that cracked the oxygen tank...
...that informed and skeptical consumers are the first line of defense against the cheats, the commission last week held its first Washington Conference on Public Deception, attended by representatives of 47 civic, professional and business organizations. FTC Chairman Earl W. Kintner said the commission would go all out to open its voluminous files on "trickery in the marketplace" to public view. "In the blunt language of the street," he said, "the gyp seller depends on the sucker buyer and can't exist without...