Word: craning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Monday Council meeting. Councillor John R. Lynch proposed a motion last Atkinson request King to ask the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington for the names and identities of all Communists living and working in Cambridge. The motion was passed by a 5 to 4 vote. Mayor Edward A. Crane '35 said last night, however, that he did not expect what he termed the "witch hunt" measure to be pushed...
...prospectors had discovered a large flock of flamingos in Yucatan. A few days later, the happiness turned to ecstasy when gladder news arrived from Texas. At Aransas National Wildlife Refuge near Corpus Christi, the message said, a precious egg had been hatched. From it had stepped a baby whooping crane, the first ever born in captivity. Thus, according to the most respected count, there were 38, not 37, survivors of the once numerous breed of whooping cranes...
...rapidly disappearing. They do not adjust to the white man's civilization. But in the Near East, which has a similar climate and vegetation, there are plenty of fine, flourishing birds that have got along with civilized man for many millennia. One of them is the meaty bustard (crane family), which sometimes weighs as much as 30 Ibs. Among others are the decorative, long-tailed francolin (a kind of partridge) and a varied assortment of edible grouse. Some of the birds, Dr. Bump hopes, will be able to thrive in parts of the U.S. where the original native birds...
...night wore on, rescue workers-now numbering 150-tried a new scheme: men with pneumatic jack hammers began the ear-splitting job of tearing up the garage floor. A huge bucket crane rumbled ponderously into the garage. The rescuers began digging a deep slanting ditch to connect with the well. All night, all through the early morning, as the frantic work went on, people took turns kneeling at the mouth of the well to encourage Dominick...
...announcing the honor, Mayor Crane stated that "many of our citizens undoubtedly do not realize the improvement in pedestrian experience in the national traffic accident picture." Crane asked the City Council to express its sincere congratulations and gratitude to the citizens of Cambridge for their "added care" and to Maher and Delaney for their part in attaining the award...