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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Provocation. In New Albany, Ind., Mrs. Goldie Sutton testified that her late husband had 1) thrown her over a cliff, breaking her collarbone, 2) trod on her neck, 3) doused her with kerosene and set her afire, 4) slashed at her throat with a razor, 5) menaced her with hot grease, 6) shoved her out a window, 7) singed her hair with a shotgun blast. The jury thereupon acquitted her of first-degree murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 10, 1947 | 2/10/1947 | See Source »

Tonight's starting lineup will be Frank Lionette, r.f., Cliff Crosby, l.f., John Rockwell, c., Chuck Brynteson, l.g., and Dick Colby...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Hoopsters Face Tabor Academy | 2/6/1947 | See Source »

When leadoff man Cliff Wharton went down in a traffic jam, trying to pass front running Cowle of Princeton, Crimson aspirations ebbed. But Dave Hamblett, filling in for the injured Wes Flint, and Al Ruby, pulled the Varsity into third place, and Jim Wheeler, moving up quickly over the final quarter, cut Cornell's lead. Yale was a tired last...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Outruns Yale, Trails Cornell, Tiger In Millrose Relay Test | 2/3/1947 | See Source »

...Portland, Ore. was having a crime wave. Taxi drivers, tired of being robbed by patrons, carried guns. A woman was knocked on the head as she entered her automobile. Murders averaged one a week. Three youths were arrested for killing a sea captain and dumping his body over a cliff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: The News | 2/3/1947 | See Source »

Provided the weather behaves, a new chapter in Harvard track history will be written Saturday morning at Logan Airport when a five-man Crimson contingent boards an American Airlines flagship for the Millrose Games in New York. Making the hop will be relay members Wes Flint, Al Ruby, Cliff Wharton, manager George Caploe, and coach Jaakko Mikkola. Jim Wheeler, fourth relay entry, will join the group in New York...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mile Relay Team Wings to Millrose Games Saturday | 1/30/1947 | See Source »

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