Word: 47th
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...that he was the only Negro in the car, that he was hatless and wore a tan gabardine topcoat. Jones got off on 45, walked up the winding stairway to the observation tower atop the building. The tower door was locked, but he found a window just above the 47th floor and jimmied it open. He climbed out, stepped gingerly along a three-foot ledge to a parapet at the corner of the building, took off his topcoat, folded it neatly on the ledge, sat down and lit a cigarette. A window washer nearby called to Jones, "I know...
...thousands hung over their TVs and radios, rescuers worked on. At the 21st floor ledge, men spread a net, like fishermen in a sea of air. Jones's father and sister, and a priest, the Rev. Paul Huber, joined the rescuers on the 47th floor...
...National Guard's political pc-wer, has taken from it-as few men as possible. When replacements were desperately needed in Korea, a good many specialized officers and noncoms were taken from small, unassigned outfits and from the two divisions in strategic reserve (the 31st and 47th). But the other Guard divisions on active duty -the 40th and 45th (in Japan) and the 43rd and 28th (assigned to Europe) have been trained as units and left intact. Nearly all the troops taken from these four combat divisions were draftees, not Guardsmen...
Appointed Rounds. In Burlington, N.C., Mailman Paul Simpson celebrated his 47th birthday on his day off by running 52 miles across country...
...Robbins, 56, the 47th U.S. Seniors Golf championship, with a record four-under...