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Word: firemen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Specialists. In Flint, Mich., a demonstration of fire-fighting techniques had to be called off when firemen were unable to set their model shack ablaze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 1, 1954 | 11/1/1954 | See Source »

...Home. In Killdeer, N.Dak., J. K. Eckes, president of the North Dakota Firemen's Association, was fined $2 for parking too close to a fire hydrant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 4, 1954 | 10/4/1954 | See Source »

During the disturbance Carl Pforzheimer '58, reported to police that his wallet, containing $13 disappeared, evidently as he was watching firemen's operations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Damages From Local Fire Amount to $200 | 10/4/1954 | See Source »

...delay ruffled Philip Partridge, 43, the county engineer, who is white and a vehement opponent of racial segregation. He reasoned that if the Negro school did not exist the authorities would have to desegregate immediately. Accordingly, he set fire to the Negro school. After $4,000 worth of damage, firemen saved the building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Burning Issue | 9/6/1954 | See Source »

...roar that could be heard 75 miles away, and came-crashing down in blazing piles 50 feet deep. By the time the fire was finally under control, American had lost close to 100,000 barrels of whisky, sustained damages of more than $7,000,000. Burrowing into the wreckage, firemen found the bodies of six American workers to add to the 30-odd injured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Disaster at the Distillery | 8/16/1954 | See Source »

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