Word: crackdowns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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House builders were the first to feel the crackdown. They had thought that for the time being, at least, there would be comparatively mild controls. But Stu Symington, the man chiefly responsible for gearing the U.S. for war production, thought differently. The only way to keep prices down and to free men and materials for the rearmament program, he said, was to clamp down harder & faster. After talking it over with FRB & housing officials last week, Symington won his point. The new restrictions...
There will be no immediate crackdown on student parking on the streets of Cambridge, acting Chief of Police Patrick J. McCarthy revealed last night. This decision will not be altered by the fact that the deadline for automobile registration within the University is less than eight hours away. The deadline is 5 p.m. today...
...members of the John Reed Club would comment on the Summer School crackdown on a group calling itself the "John Reed Club" (see page 1). Two New York papers, however, had large and inaccurate stories about the incident...
...bandits," said Mao, must be wiped out. But in attacking economic problems, Mao warned against "rashness or attempts to carry through reforms crudely." He made it plain that some of his eager underlings had gone too far in their crackdown on private business. Strategist Mao has consistently held that, before China can be completely Communized, there must be a period of transition during which private enterprise must be allowed to contribute to the country's economic growth...
City police inaugurated a full-scale crackdown on Harvard Square gambling yesterday with a noon-time raid on Ray's Barber Shop at the corner of Holyoke and Mt. Auburn Streets. Barging into the basement shop, they apprehended three College students who admitted placing bets with barber Ray Colucci, both yesterday morning and on previous days during the past year...