Word: landlord
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...penalty for violation: a $100 fine, 30 days' jail, or both. ¶ In Houston, Texas, a marauding gang laid down a midnight rock barrage on the apartment of James J. Green, state secretary of the Communist Party, accidentally pelting the neighbors as well. Next day, Green's landlord asked him to move. ¶ In suburban Los Angeles, a World War II veteran named Frank Zaffina, 32, rounded up a posse for a "crusade against Communism," pounced on a half-dozen astonished workmen as they came out of the gates of the Chrysler assembly plant. After three had been...
Like Robin Hood's men, his army would strike swiftly in small groups-kidnaping some purse-proud landlord here, killing a sheriff's man there-and fade elusively into mountain caves, vineyards and wheatfields. In seven years Giuliano's men had killed 79 national carabinieri, 25 local policemen, 40 civilians. They had collected more than $1,000,000 in ransoms from 30 kidnapings. Like Robin Hood's men they were said to rob only the rich & powerful. Half in hero worship and half in fear, the local peasants clamped their lips tight and kept their faces...
Philco TV Playhouse (Sun. 9 p.m., NBC-TV). The Reluctant Landlord, with Hume Cronyn...
...story house on the busy Calle de los Reyes Catolicos. He himself occupies the upper floor. Below are the offices of the Banco de Bilbao, which for 15 years has paid him a yearly rent of 12,000 pesetas ($1,080), now about one-tenth of what the landlord could get from a new tenant. Don Francisco pleaded inflation and asked for more rent from Bank Manager Jose Santamaria. Then he tried litigation. He got nowhere...
...come in and enjoy my little concert. These are the finest musicians in town. I discovered them. Won't you stay a while and have a drink with me?" Don Jose sputtered: "Stop this infernal racket or I shall call the police." "An excellent idea!" crowed the landlord. "Those poor chaps must get very bored in that dreary town hall. By all means have them come over. They will love the music...