Word: carlsen
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...talked about its gubernatorial contest and the runoff election in February. Segregation in public schools was a recurring subject in South Carolina, repeatedly coming back as Topic A after interruptions of a week or two. Items which were Topic A in several cities at the same time included Captain Carlsen and the Flying Enterprise, the announcement that Eisenhower was a Republican candidate, inflammable rayon sweaters and the third plane crash in Elizabeth, N.J. Almost everywhere, taxes became the leading subject in late February and early March...
After ten weeks of mulling over the heroic story of Captain Carlsen and the Flying Enterprise, Russia's navy newspaper Krasny Plot came out with its own version. The ship's cargo was not coffee and pig iron, but "diverse war materials, including a large number of optical sights and parts of V-2 rocket bombs," all made illegally in West Germany. Fearing that the French might learn of this if the Flying Enterprise put into Brest, the U.S. Defense Department ordered Captain Carlsen to weather out the gale, and sent two destroyers to take...
...Captain Carlsen's comment on all of that: "Nuts...
...Millions cheered stubbornly courageous Henrik Kurt Carlsen for his valiant but losing battle...
...Anti-Carlsen spokesman stated that the group hoped to split the Council by influencing the Cambridge Civic Association. Asserting that he was "surprised" by the Council's stand on such a controversial issue, the spokesman added that the resolution would "only aggravate the situation between town and gown...