Word: gibson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Gibson Trophy Race (S), North Conway...
...platform of Dugald station, a flag stop 14 miles east of Winnipeg, passengers from the Canadian National's crack transcontinental No. 4 stretched their legs. A bright moon shone on stocks of wheat in nearby fields. In eastbound No. 4's cab, Engineer J. R. Gibson was impatient to get going, for he was behind schedule. But he had to wait for a westbound special. It was 10:45 p.m., near the end of a peaceful Labor...
...Minaki Special bore straight down the main line. On No. 4, Engineer Gibson and Fireman Hazen Lawrie saw its headlight. They waited a moment, thinking it would stop and go into the siding, as it was supposed to do. But it sped past the switch. As they jumped, they heard the shriek of brakes...
...Burlington, Vt., Governor Ernest W. Gibson, a city fellow, bravely entered a cow-milking contest, labored before 5,000 spectators, came out third & last. The winner, who milked with one hand, could show a half-pail. The Governor's two-handed take: two cups...
Damping wide-spread rumors that a steep rent increase was on the way, Edward L. Francis '28, yesterday assured tenants of the Harvard Housing Trust--including Holden Green, Shaylor Lane, and Gibson Terrace--that no general raise was presently under consideration...