Word: chases
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...blocks from home, Frank's eccentric driving caught the attention of Patrolman Albert Leone, who yelled at him to stop. Frank paid no attention. Officer Leone commandeered a plumber's truck and, followed by a motorcade of honking automobiles, gave chase. When he ordered Frank to pull over, Frank merely increased his speed to 35 m.p.h. The chase continued through Brooklyn's crowded streets, and Frank sailed through six red lights, sideswiped a taxi and an automobile, kept right on going. Finally, after two miles, Frank pulled up in front of Granny's and parked neatly...
...week Ballerina Kaye danced the part with the same old tragic fervor. ¶ Pillar's British Choreographer Antony Tudor, 46, who was originally "curator" of the company's Modern English wing, was on hand last week to dance the part of Hagar's beloved. ¶ Lucia Chase, late-fortyish, Ballet Theater's longtime wealthy angel and firm guiding hand, was on her toes again in a ceremonial appearance as Hagar's spinsterish elder sister. ¶ Guest Ballerina Alicia Markova, 44, who has been a star ever since the days when a ballerina without a Russian...
...bank clerk as he was leaving his home in New York City's borough of Queens. They ushered him into his Ford at gunpoint and drove with him the 14 blocks to his office, a branch of the Bank of the Manhattan Co. (which had just merged with Chase National to become the nation's second largest bank). They waited on the sidewalk outside. When the manager arrived he was stopped, too. "This isn't funny," he snapped. One of the bandits, flashing a submachine gun, replied: "Brother, I'm not kidding...
...last week most Wetherby Democrats were privately admitting that Chandler had a big head start. But after the machine got warmed up, they promised, the campaign would be a real race. Last week in Louisville, Judge Bert Combs, the machine's candidate, opened his headquarters and began to chase Chandler around the state. In Bloomfield he strolled into Virgin's Restaurant and was greeted by the proprietress. "Well," she said, "is this our next governor?" "Well," twanged Combs, "I'm running, anyhow. I don't agree that I'm not as good a campaigner...
...customers over the world the Chase Manhattan Bank last week printed 125,000 blotters showing a cartoon of two honeymooners driving off in a car tagged, "Just Merged!" It was the bank's way of telling the public that the merger of the Chase National Bank (No. 3 in the U.S.) and the Bank of the Manhattan Co. (No. 15) had the official blessing of stockholders and the New York State superintendent of banks. Thus Chase Manhattan, with $7.5 billion in resources, became the biggest bank in New York City and second biggest in the U.S. (after California...