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Hour of Decision. In Olean, N.Y., fined $2 for a parking violation, Motorist Mike Gabriel offered to pay $1, was turned down, chose five days in jail, after four hours behind bars changed his mind, paid the fine in full...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 28, 1955 | 3/28/1955 | See Source »

...teams in the nation. The game was played in Pittsburgh's Duquesne Gardens (a privately owned arena not connected with the school) and was a 5,600 sellout. Duquesne had to turn back 25,000 ticket requests; St. Bonaventure claimed it could have sold 5,000 tickets around Olean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Basketball's Big Ten | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

...test his method, Keith raised $1,250,000 from oilmen, built a pilot plant at Olean, N.Y. It produced only ten gallons a day. But this was enough to sell to RFC and the oil companies. Carthage will get Keith's patents royalty-free, but will pay his research firm $100,000 a year for engineering advice on running the plant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Ersatz, Texas Style | 4/29/1946 | See Source »

...Nothing. In Olean, N.Y., Patrolman George Forrest asked a prowler what he was doing. Said the prowler innocently: "Nothing. Just trying to steal some wood and iron...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 30, 1942 | 3/30/1942 | See Source »

John Mishanec, 24, of Olean, N. Y., studied forestry at Syracuse University, graduated this year. Blond, moony Jack Croft, 21, of Trenton, N. J., majored in economics at Lehigh University, also took his degree this year. Albert Scaturo, 22, of Brooklyn, N. Y., started out to be a teacher, got a Columbia University degree this year. Last week Messrs. Mishanec, Croft, Scaturo and 14 other young men of similar ages, backgrounds, prospective vo cations, acquired the rating and emoluments ($114 per month, with allowances) of second-class seamen, U. S. Navy. They slept in double-decker beds, jammed to gether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Defense: Wings of Gold | 8/26/1940 | See Source »

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