Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...known as Mr. Ragic. The identity of Mr. Ragic became the great mystery of the Queens storefronts. Orders were issued over the phone - by Mr. Ragic. Ragic rented a car and driver to take him from one store-front to the next. The driver would park in a nearby dark alley and go inside to bring the Lindsayite store-manager back to the car for a hurried conference. This masquerade was kept up until election day. Then, with a school boy glee, Ungar walked into a storefront and introduced himself as both Al Ungar and Mr. Ragic...
Worst hit were the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn and the nearby town of Belvidere. At Oak Lawn, a swirling funnel smashed a shopping center, ripped up a trailer park and slammed into a roller-skating rink filled with youngsters. It left at least 30 dead, several of them teen-agers with roller skates still strapped to their feet. At Belvidere, the tornado sliced through five subdivisions and a supermarket, severely damaged a hospital, nicked an auto plant, and then headed toward the local high school, where students were just finishing the day. "A girl fell and somebody said...
...chosen few to whom Rhee doled out, at the low official exchange rate, precious U.S. dollars that had been acquired by sales of valuable tungsten. For his profitable dealings in "tungsten dollars," Lee was branded an "illicit profiteer" when Rhee was overthrown in 1961 by Chung Hee Park. He fled to Japan, returned to Korea and resumed operations after Park decided he needed Lee's ability and overseas business contacts to help modernize South Korea. Lee was forced to pay $4,400,000 in back income taxes and tax-evasion penalties, and his shares in three banks were confiscated...
...course of that controversy, an opposition delegate to the National Assembly, shouting "Eat this saccharin!" threw the Assembly into confusion by hurling a can of human excrement at a group of surprised members of Park's Cabinet. He was protesting what he charged was government connivance in the smuggling. The Cabinet ministers resigned in anger, but Park quickly reappointed them. Lee finally smoothed over the situation by offering the government a 51% interest in the new fertilizer plant...
...game closed out of control, with violent outbreaks scattered among sloppy play. The Harvard club has slumped noticeably since its victory over Yale two weeks ago. It will have a chance to rebound this Saturday when it plays the Elis in Van Cortlandt Park...