Word: bus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Lately, as the debate on the role of the military gathered force, "Bus" Wheeler kept his own counsel. Last week, in a rare interview, he broke that silence. "You know, there have been only two wars in American history that one might call popular: World Wars I and II," Wheeler told TIME...
Politically, at least, the outlook for East St. Louis seems to be brightening. A predominantly black committee, chaired by Negro Bus Driver Harold Brewer, has petitioned for a referendum returning the city to an aldermanic form of government by 1971. This could end the rule of Mayor Alvin G. Fields' moribund Democratic machine and give the black majority a real voice...
...including one called Josephine, who was as big as I was, one that my father ran over by mistake while going down the driveway (we had back in New York a big house with a long driveway), and one most recently that was run over by a school bus full of children...
...lasted only 24 hours, but it demonstrated that union chiefs had support for their demands from the rank and file and that they probably could call the workers out again at any time - with even greater effect. This time, the mail piled up, garbage went uncollected and transportation by bus, train or plane came practically to a standstill. Power blackouts forced Parisians to dine in cafés by the flicker of candles or the glow of gas lamps. About 150,000 workers marched along rain-splattered streets to the Place de la Bastille. Students crashed the demonstration and when...
...Simpson happened along a decade or two earlier, he would have been lucky if he had bus fare to the stadium. Mel Hein recalls the days when, as an all-pro center for the New York Giants, he was knocking down all of $150 for a game. "1938 was my big year. I got $150 for endorsing Mayflower Doughnuts. When I won the Most Valuable Player award, some pipe company sent me a set of pipes. Free...