Word: parakeets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gentle Rain. In Portland, Ore., a woman in desperate need of an apartment submitted a want ad to the Oregonian, saying she would "get rid of pet chinchillas, toy poodle, Siamese cat, parakeet and goldfish, but would like to keep 9-year...
...Bird. In Rochester, the Traffic Control Committee politely deferred action on Mrs. Verone H. White's complaint that cars parked near her house reflect the sun into her parakeet's eyes...
...Silver Chord. In Dearborn, Mich., Gerald Kiwak was puzzled at the parakeet sitting on his fence squawking "luzonone-fournineninetwo," until his mother tried the number, returned the bird to its relieved owner-trainer...
...Noyes house, set in a pine grove just above a brook, harks back to Greek and Roman town houses, built around a central patio. Designed to accommodate a family that includes four children aged four to 16, a squirrel, a rabbit, two French poodles, a parakeet and two ring-necked doves, the house is, says Noyes, "a very hard-boiled piece of architecture." It is basically two houses set in a rectangle formed by side walls of fieldstone and glass. Carried out in a strict modular pattern (columns and girders joining at 11-ft. intervals), the design provides for living...
Field Trial. In Marion, Ill., summoned by Mrs. Paul Smith, police arrested Paul Smith on a charge of disorderly conduct after finding him trying to teach their Chihuahua dog to point their parakeet...