Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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JOHN BRADY Detroit...
...grad), took three tries to get into city hall, but has made so much of the job once there that-with his fat victory margin-he has now become the front runner for the Democratic senatorial nomination next year. Possible drawback: a serious case of stomach ulcers. ¶ In Detroit (pop. 1,905,000), once racked by racial hate, Democratic Lawyer William T. Patrick Jr., 37, became the first Negro member of Detroit's non-partisan city council. A World War II pilot making his debut in politics, Patrick promised to serve as "a representative of the total...
Locked in a 1-1 tie, the New York Rangers and the Detroit Red Wings battled into the third period of one of the tightest ice hockey games of the season. Then a couple of Rangers were waved into the penalty box. Determined to score a tie-breaking goal, Detroit sent five forwards lunging down ice toward the undermanned Ranger defenses. But before a shot could be fired, the startled Red Wings scraped to a halt. All of a sudden there was nothing to shoot at. The squat goal was still there, but it was turned completely around, its open...
...seen the goal get turned, but fans in Detroit's Olympia Stadium agreed on an explanation: while they were watching the Red Wings organize their attack, Faille had put his shoulder to the net and shoved. "It's a bush-league trick!" stormed Red Wing General Manager Jack Adams. It may well have been. But it saved the game, and National Hockey League President Clarence Campbell had to admit that there is no rule against it. There soon will be, he promised, while French Canadian Goalie Faille still played the bewildered innocent: "Fasten? Unfasten...
...professional football, the New York Giants whipped Philadelphia, 13 to 0; the Detroit Lions toppled the San Francisco 49ers, 31 to 10; the Baltimore Colts beat the Chicago Bears, 29 to 14, and the Los Angeles Rams edged the Green Bay Packers...