Word: bedford
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Your sports editor should be punished by writing "Bedford Avenue Special" a hundred times and then by banishment to the farthest seat in the Polo Grounds
...Maya Kekchi Indians furtively examined the big, bearded explorer in his Bedford-cord riding breeches and decided that here was the man to revitalize their dying tribe. They led to his jungle hut the fairest of their maidens, eyes downcast and breasts bare, and delivered a proposition from their chief: the girl was his, but if there were no sons, the explorer must give his breeches to the chief. "To refuse point blank would have insulted the whole tribe," explains doughty British Explorer "Mike" Hedges. "On the other hand, I obviously could not accept." What to do in this social...
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...interesting to note your very biased editorial concerning the textile dispute in the Fall River-New Bedford area. While it cannot be denied that it is quite desirable to have full employment at high wage rates, your stand never indicates that you have considered whether or not the textile companies are able to afford the present wage rates...
...operaters' position, as stated by Seabury Stanton, head of the Cotton Manufacturers Association for the New Bedford-Fall River area, is that "New England mills cannot survive in the face of unequal competition from Southern mills." Stanton's group refuses to compromise with the union despite the efforts of a special mediation board appointed by Governor Herter. The union has announced that its members are willing to go back at the present wage rates, but cotton manufacturers have issued an ultimatum, threatening to move out of the state if their demands are not satisfied...