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...four inches of snow and freezing rain caused most major airlines to cancel fights. United Airlines reported all fights cancelled yesterday, with TWA, Eastern, and American Airlines cancelling all jet flights. Spokesmen at Logan Airport reported that all airline flights would be on schedule today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Snow, Ice Make Roads Slippery; Flights Cancelled | 12/18/1961 | See Source »

After members of the Cambridge Police and Fire Departments combed the auditorium for bombs at about 6 p.m. Kresge manager James Murphy was ready to cancel the show, but SANE officials persuaded him to allow the performance...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Tipped-Off 'Bomb Scare Fails to Halt SANE Show | 12/4/1961 | See Source »

Murphy and assistant manager Alfred Ennis claimed they had not decided to cancel the show, but as Ennis put it. "We have to think of the safety of everyone--we wanted to make sure." They finally let the show go on, provided house lights were left on at all times and that the building was vacated...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Tipped-Off 'Bomb Scare Fails to Halt SANE Show | 12/4/1961 | See Source »

...most celebrated of the unwelcome speakers has been Mr. Davis, the communist. For in his case, administration officials did not merely cancel an individual speech but tried to justify their action in broad legal terms. It would be a felony, the Administrative Council of the City University of New York declared, to allow an avowed Communist to speak on the campus of a city college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Academic Freedom: Again | 11/21/1961 | See Source »

...rebellions have been almost completely erased. Perhaps more important, spectacular industrial gains in Japan have undercut the influence of the divided local Communist Party and moderated the anti-Americanism of the left-wing Socialists, which reached a peak two years ago when anti-U.S. riots forced Ike to cancel his visit. And in India, while aging Nehru's neutralism is still highly irritating to the U.S., the country's atmosphere has lately been more friendly toward the West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: MOSCOW: Real View of the Cold War | 11/3/1961 | See Source »

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