Word: hartfords
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...when the medicos formed a "Committee of 100" to sponsor a mild bill which would permit a doctor to give birth-control information to a patient whose health or life might be endangered by pregnancy. Roman Catholic spokesmen promptly opposed it. But the doctors had some unprecedented support: the Hartford Courant, first major Connecticut newspaper ever to come out on their side, 500 ministers, an Elmo Roper poll which showed that 85% of the state's citizens (including 75% of its Roman Catholics) favored the bill in principle...
Local citizens noted the exodus with approval, especially one S. Sigmund Hickenlooper '14, brakeman for the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, who said he was looking forward to the revival of his favorite outdoor sport...
Realizing, perhaps, that his theme wasn't quite capable of sustaining "Heartsong" through an entire evening, Mr. Laurents was wise enough to write in a part for Shirley Booth, a competent comedienne from Hartford. When she was permitted to stick to her element, Miss Booth, who can make almost any line seem funny, managed to carry the play. But when she was obliged to join in with the rest of the cast in thrashing out the problems of marriage, Miss Booth sank to the same level of purpose-lessness that here colleagues and the author had established...
...Sixteen hours later, a fast-moving New York, New Haven & Hartford freight left the rails at the pivotal switching point at Stamford, Conn., ended up with 30 cars strewn across four main-line tracks, tying up New York-bound traffic. Injured...
Trinity has lost only to Springfield and Wesleyan, and the only opponent it shares with the Varsity is M.I.T., whom the Hartford squad defeated 52 to 39 in December. The Crimson topped the Techmen, 56 to 33, in the same month...