Word: policemen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Thoroughly frightened, Mrs. Kowalsky hurried to her home next door, thought it over for a while and called the cops. With axes and crowbars, policemen dug into a little closet-like room and brought to light the psychiatric mystery of the week...
...flying-saucer idea sank into the public mind, all sorts of mysterious swooping things were reported. Policemen in Portland, Ore. saw discs that looked like 'shiny chromium hubcaps." Two pilots n Alabama saw a huge black object bigger than an airliner. A man in Oklahoma City saw a "saucer" as bulky as six 6-B29s. A prospector in the Cascade Mountains saw six discs that made the needle of his compass gyrate wildly. Little children saw little discs. Two kids in Hamel, Minn, reported that a dull grey disc two feet across had come right down between...
...change in Class Day procedure that continued was reported in the MAGENTA in 1873. "A noticeable feature at the Chapel was the substitution of stalwart Junior ushers for the armed policemen who used to guard the entrance to the parish church in Class Day mornings. The most belligerent freshman could find no excuse for a rush and everything is quiet and orderly." But there was a general flagging of spirits that year, for the reporter continued sadly to note that "it is evident that the interest in Class Day is slowly dying out, and that either something must be done...
...Ralph Bunche, the U.N.'s successful untangler of Arab-Jewish relations, arrived home in New York to be greeted at the dock by his wife and five-year-old Ralph Jr. Also on the welcoming detail: U.N. Secretary General Trygve Lie and some bored policemen, assigned to handle an anticipated crowd of admirers that never turned up. Later in the week, though, the American Association for the United Nations announced that it was giving Statesman Bunche a scroll for "distinguished service...
They are doing a fine job. "Fender Alley," Mill Street between Winthrop and Lowell Houses, is being thoroughly worked over nightly by efficient tow-trucks and earnest tag-bearing policemen. The Elbery Garage is full of student cars waiting for their owners t reclaim them--and pay fat discouraging fees. The no parking ordinance makes fine sense for the men who own garages; the people who own cars find it tougher to understand...