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...city had policemen and firemen injured, street lamps broken, and false alarms turned in. Because of these damages, and because those who appeared in court following Friday's riot acted as if the affair was a big prauk, I think we should confer with Harvard officials in order to pay for damage and discuss probable disciplinary action for the students...

Author: By Philip M. Cronin, | Title: City Council Demands Riot Damage Payment | 11/28/1950 | See Source »

Early in the evening a crimson-clad baud flooded a segment of New Haven with flyers emblazoned with President Conant's picture and advocating "Bryant Wintergreen for President." Few people could guess immediately whether this prauk originated in Cambridge or at Yale, so the total offset was not startling...

Author: By R. SCOT Leavitt, | Title: Pretty Girls, Gendarmes Alert for Big Weekend | 11/22/1947 | See Source »

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