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Dates: during 1950-1959
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According to Meyer, the Board directed one of its members, Edgar Davis, the City Engineer to "take line measures of city-owned properties in different spots, especially around commons and playgrounds."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: City Debates Parking Plan; Police Step Up Tow Drive | 10/27/1951 | See Source »

Died. Edgar Byram Davis, 78, eccentric Texas oil millionaire, best known for his support of a famous Broadway flop, The Ladder, which he kept going for two years because he wanted to help its author and spread its message of reincarnation; of a heart ailment; in Galveston, Texas. Davis made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 22, 1951 | 10/22/1951 | See Source »

The newly-scrubbed Black Knights of the Hudson have lost three straight contests to date, fairly decisively, to the quite strong teams of Villanova and Northwestern and the mediocre team of Dartmouth. The black shirts and the gold helmets have been the same, but the eight yearlings, 24 sophomore, seven...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin, | Title: Hard-Running Backs, Green Line Mark Expulsion-Weakened Army Squad as Earl Blaik Conjures with 24 Sophomores | 10/20/1951 | See Source »

The acting is not outstanding, but it doesn't have to be. Michael Rennie is more than adequate as the envoy, and he has the advantage of a fine script to carry him along. The production's realism is heightened by running commentary from Drew Pearson, H. V. Kaltenborn, and...

Author: By Malcolm D. Rivkin, | Title: The Day the Earth Stood Still | 10/13/1951 | See Source »

With two-thirds of his paper team up the chimney, non-playing captain Frank Shields now has a squad that might well have its hands full with little Sweden in the interzone final. Remaining members: Savitt; Vic Seixas, who lost the U.S. championship to Australia's Frank Sedgman in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Up in Smoke | 10/8/1951 | See Source »

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