Word: hikers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dawned. In the chilly morning, from the outskirts, long lines of people started for work on foot. Streetcars rattled through the streets, empty but for the crew. They came to a halt at each stop, while the conductors tried to lure passengers in; nobody boarded. Any weary hiker who yielded to temptation was promptly hauled back from the trolleys by indignant pedestrians. Owners of private cars offered lifts to elderly people. At noon, Barcelona's entire police corps was mobilized; two cops mounted each streetcar to "protect passengers." But the cops were the only passengers on the flashy...
Easter was no holiday for Jasper McKee '51, a Washington, D. C., resident who was driving from New York to College. Just outside of New Haven, an angry bee caused him to stop his car and evict the hitch-hiker...