Word: crackdowns
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This latest crackdown has been attributed to the Cambridge City Council's vehement attack on the College for its failure to provide adequate parking facilities. Toohy, however, explained that this was a "normal thing for this time of the year. The streets have to be clean for Commencement and we have to get some of the cars off the street...
University Police have been virtually "ordered" by the Administration to begin an intensive crackdown on all student parking violators, it was learned yesterday...
Students at the University faced the driest, spring in recent years as a result of yesterday's crackdown on underage drinking by the Cambridge Licensing Board and the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission of Massachusetts...
Last December Connecticut's Democratic Governor Abraham Ribicoff decided to take drastic action to reduce his state's automobile accident rate. On his order (and a warning that no crackdown would mean no reappointment), Connecticut judges began handing speeders 30-day license suspensions on first arrest and 60-day suspensions for second offenses. With mixed prudence and pride, Connecticut motorists trod more lightly on the gas pedal. Last week Ribicoff happily announced the first fruits of his campaign: in the first three months of this year, Connecticut traffic fatalities were nearly 15% lower (down to 63) than...
...cruising police car has, he added, sought out cars of violators and notified the garage by radio of their location. Some students, objecting to the crackdown have thrown firecrackers and water at the policemen, he claimed. The garageman said he expected more towing, late last night, at about two or three in the morning...