Word: camden
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Wanna See the Boy." Then Jersey Joe Walcott, ex-longshoreman, ex-hod carrier, who spent a bitter year and a half on home relief and who lost 15 of his 64 listed fights because "hunger was my house guest," went home to Camden, N.J. to his wife and six children, the oldest man in history to win the World Heavyweight Championship...
...also went home to a triumph. Camden's mayor decreed an official Joe Walcott day, joined 100,000 Jerseyites in front of city hall, flaunting banners: "Welcome Home Champ," "Good Job, Joe." In the jostling crowd, one fan straight-armed a policeman in his effort to get near his idol, shouting: "Wanna see the boy. Close-up like. Not way back here...
Even while Du Pont expanded its nylon production, it built a $17 million plant at Camden, S.C. whose product may partially eclipse nylon itself. This fiber is Orion, a cousin of nylon but far stronger, more resistant to sunlight. The U.S. textile industry is already using it in men's summer suits and spun hose, women's dresses, auto tops and a wealth of new decorator fabrics. (But Du Pont will get stiff competition from Union Carbide's Dynel, an Orion-type fiber...
Operating Surplus. In Camden, N.J., the Courier reported that "the value of stolen property in the township [Pennsauken] during the year [1950] was $35,348, while Pennsauken police recovered...
...Educated men make better criminals," said Camden police chief Dzubyzynskovich. Nevertheless, there will be no Crime here tomorrow. It will stalk the streets again Saturday...