Word: bostons
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Beat," Disk Jockey Alan Freed has long rolled across the land, introducing rock 'n' roll stars and keynoting gone music, with the express intention of inciting his teen-age followers to happy frenzy. Fortnight ago, the acknowledged "King of Rock 'n' Roll" rolled into Boston and set up shop in its 7,200-seat Arena. Almost 5,000 hip kids poured in the Arena to catch his 17 acts, including four bands, and starring Dreamboat Groaner Jerry Lee Lewis...
...their seats. The head of the 20 cops on hand decided that more light on the subject would help curb the crowd's antics. The house lights were turned up. Then, according to Arena Manager Paul Brown, sincere-faced "Deejay" Freed huffed: "I guess the police here in Boston don't want you kids to have a good time." Whatever Freed said, the effect was magical. The Arena really began jumping-while Brown paced his office, "praying it would...
...matter of dispute. All around the Arena common citizens were set upon, robbed and sometimes beaten. A young sailor caught a knife in the belly, and two girls with him were thrashed. In all, nine men and six women were roughed up enough to require hospital treatment. Boston police blamed Freed and his frenetic fans, but could not prove it, since they nabbed nobody. Freed's defenders pointed out that the Arena area has been the site of frequent muggings in the past; the toughs might simply have used the crowds pouring out of the Arena as a cover...
...Boston's Mayor John Hynes did not want to hear arguments or evidence. He ordered that no licenses be issued for any more rock 'n' roll shows, and a Boston grand jury returned an indictment against Freed-under an old "anti-anarchy" law-for inciting "the unlawful destruction of property." Professing alarm, and perhaps jumpy over growing criticism of juvenile delinquency, officials in New Haven and Newark seized on the Boston incident as an excuse to ban scheduled Freed appearances...
Harvard College is no longer the exclusive property of Boston or the Northeast; many of its graduates flee yearly to the Provinces. It would seem that a far greater participation in the Fund could be assured if Harvard increased the number of its agents to include at least one from each House, and adopted a regional organization for its solicitation, as is done before the 25th reunion...