Word: ironed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...steady snow was falling on Lake Huron as the 603-ft. freighter Daniel J. Morrell steamed toward Taconite, Minn., for a load of iron ore, but the night was otherwise tranquil. Watchman Dennis Hale, 26, ended his tour of duty, had a snack in the galley and headed for his bunk. Six hours later, he was awakened by "two loud thumps," followed by the insistent clang of the emergency bell. Clad only in underwear and peacoat (he couldn't find his trousers), Hale sped topside-and gasped at what he saw. Lashed by a sudden, severe Great Lakes storm...
After chugging through a lecture on corporate finance at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., New York Central Railroad President Alfred Perlman, 64, had some rueful observations about the finances of the iron-horse business. "Most people don't like to go somewhere tied down by a train schedule," he said. "This means going by car. It's only when it's snowing that you like to go back to the good old days on trains." Then with a wry smile, he admitted: "I have a pass on the New Haven Railroad, but to get there, I drove...
...gargle. And as the competitive scramble gets wilder, Old Standby Listerine is forging ahead by hiring famous names for the sell. One commercial shows Golfer Sam Snead passing the word to a young pro whose lady students won't let him get closer than an iron shot. Another stars Insurance Man and ex-Pro Footballer Y. A. Tittle propounding the disadvantages of you know what to a discouraged salesman. Does that mean that Tittle had learned a thing or two in the Giants' huddles...
...ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF ITALY by Milton Gendel. 276 pages. McGraw-Hill. $25. A fascinating pictorial chronicle from the Iron Age to La Dolce Vita, with half a dozen historical essays by Italian and British professors...
Library officials will replace the oldfashioned iron-cage type elevator cabs with new ones and install electronic call-recording devices...