Word: overcoats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...managed to whisper a report. His name was Ernest J. Morse. He had begun chasing a speeder near New Haven, and after miles of pursuit had finally flagged his quarry down. But as he got out of his patrol car, the speeder-a dark-haired youth in a grey overcoat-had pulled a pistol, fired once and driven away. The policeman muttered the first three digits of the youth's Massachusetts license number: 169. He gasped: "Go to the car radio and call." The Navy man obeyed...
Many inaugurations have run into weather trouble. At Grant's second inauguration ball, the shivering guests danced with their overcoats on, and William Howard Taft's inauguration was attended by snow, sleet and storm. But probably the Presidents most plagued by the weather were the Harrisons. At Benjamin Harrison's inauguration in 1889, "rain," according to one account, "fell in torrents ... Pennsylvania Avenue was a moving ocean of umbrellas." Nevertheless, he allowed the ceremony to take place in the open, which was courageous considering what happened to his grandfather, William Henry Harrison, who appeared at his inauguration...
...Communist cop walked up to the border dividing Berlin, glanced uneasily to left & right, and quickly unbuttoned his overcoat. To a West Berlin patrolman standing guard, the Communist whispered: "For your dead one," and handed over a wreath. Then he disappeared...
...kicking in for winter clothes. In some bewilderment he agreed. Then Rozella called up other merchants-J. C. McDonnell Co., J. C. Penney, Morris & Sons-and told them what Luther was doing. Next day the four merchants outfitted each of the seven students with a new suit, overcoat and gloves...
JANUARY-Inside Man. On the central front, Korea, a captured Chinese soldier who wore several layers of underwear, two quilted uniforms, a double-breasted overcoat, new boots and winter cap, explained: "I'm a supply sergeant...