Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...president of AFL's local 254 yesterday denied rumors that his union is preparing a coup to wrest the support of University maids and janitors from the HUERA...
...first major stop was Taunton where Stevenson, again straining the no speech on Sunday theme, spoke briefly about the need for more local responsibility by the state and cited the new mental institution there, the cause of the visit, as an example of this. Throughout the talk, an airplane trailing a "Vote for Stevenson" sign circled overhead, and Stevenson noted that he had nothing to do "with that irritating airplane" which, he feared, was giving the dedication a political hint. Governor Dever merely smiled...
Harvard and six other local colleges yesterday formed a Greater Boston Baseball League, Ivan Geiger, M.I.T. athletic director and the league's first president, announced last night...
Included in the league, the first such local baseball group, are: Harvard, Boston University, Boston College, Tufts, Northeastern, M.I.T., and Brandeis. Long advocated by several schools, the new league is expected to renew lagging interest and build natural rivalries in a sport which has been poorly supported in recent years...
...formation of the local baseball league also points to a possibility of a Greater Boston Basketball League, perhaps in the next year or two. Most of the local schools play each other anyway, and the impetus of league competition might revive spectator interest in the game, Geiger said. He also saw the possibility of forming a Track Conference in the very near future. At present, all the schools, with the exception of Harvard and Brandeis, are members of the New England Hockey League...