Word: blitz
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...indications are that Jordan will use his first-string backfield sparingly. The emphasis seems to be on sophomores, Culver and quarterback Gil O'Neil, neither of whom took part in a contact scrimmage all week, will see limited action at best. Jerry Blitz, with sophomore George MacDonald behind him, will handle most of the fullback's work. Sophomore Gerry Marsh may start the game at quarterback...
Absent for the second day in a row with a legitimate excuse was second string fullback Jerry Blitz, who was married over the weekend. Blitz, who has scored three touchdowns, and has the best rushing average of the Crimson backs, will rejoin the team today...
...Blitz's bitter rival Current (circ. 9,000) is like Blitz in every way except that it is antiCommunist. Last week Karanjia's brand of journalism landed him and his rival, Current Publisher D. (for Dosoo) F. Karaka in jail. The charge: forging and publishing a letter that was supposed to have been sent by U.S. Ambassador to India Chester Bowles...
...letter was addressed to Blitz Editor Karanjia and carried Bowles's signature. Said the letter: "[I] would be most eager to meet you and your Communist friends [at a] quiet evening party . . . Only please do not make much noise about this sort of thing." Police charged that Karanjia forged the letter on U.S. Embassy stationery and pasted on a Bowles signature clipped from another letter. The purpose of the forgery apparently was to take the steam out of Ambassador Bowles's effective speeches against Communism. Newsmen guessed that Karanjia saw to it that the letter fell into Current...
Karaka published the letter in Current even though, said police, he knew it was a forgery. Alongside he ran a savage attack on Ambassador Bowles for his "friendliness" toward Communists and Red sympathizers like Karanjia. When Bowles pointed out the letter was a fake, Blitz Editor Karanjia also blandly denounced it in his paper as "obviously a forgery." At week's end, both Karanjia and Karaka were out on bail, awaiting trial. Maximum penalty: three years in prison...