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Some University officials report that the new 11:30 curfew, established October 10, has brought about better conditions. Elliot Perkins '23, Master of Lowell House said last night, "I've not noticed the noise since I told them to stop playing footsie with the things after...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Administration Will Crack Down On Motorcycles, Motor Scooters | 10/17/1957 | See Source »

Suspicious Police. Talamas' ordeal began one night when his wife was in a hospital in labor with their first child. Talamas rushed into the streets at 2:30 a.m. to seek a specialist. Police arrested him because he lacked a curfew pass, released him after a few hours. The cops learned that earlier that evening three men appeared outside a gendarmery outpost near Port-au-Prince, and as a pretext to get near said they were seeking a doctor to help a woman in childbirth, then suddenly opened fire, killing four sentries. To the suspicious police, already hysterically fearful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HAITI: Murder by Beating | 10/14/1957 | See Source »

...bees. They want to see the world go by." Doctors approve moving the old people downtown because it is a morale booster that staves off loneliness and boredom, makes the aged feel they still belong to society. Many of the homes allow the oldsters full freedom of action, without curfew. "We were really surprised when we noticed some of our people going out about 8:30 and staying out until 1," says one sister at Detroit's Carmel Hall. "We don't interfere. We worry sometimes, especially if they don't leave word they will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Old Folks & Bright Lights | 10/7/1957 | See Source »

...broadcast angry bleats from citizens who denounced the Blade for covering up a Negro crime wave. More than 1,500 women registered for judo courses at the U.S. Marine Corps station. Toledo's police chief asked for ten more patrolmen. Vice Mayor Ned Skeldon proposed an 11 p.m. curfew. Citizens' committees bombarded city hall with demands for action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: To the Brink | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

...headlines blossomed, fearful mothers pulled their children from parks, police began patrolling from one corner of the city to another, and a magistrate called for a midnight curfew for everyone under...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YOUTH: The Scavengers | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

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