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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week Detroit police explained that the secret of the Averills' prosperity was not rich relatives but a breathtakingly simple moneymaking technique. They arrested plump Mamie Averill, 58, on a charge of embezzling $100,513 from Giffels & Vallet. Apparently she had scooped out a lot more than that: a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Putting the Blame on Mame | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

It seems as though the B.U. meet each December is Record Smashing Night at Briggs Cage. Last year seven meet marks and numerous other standards fell, and this season's clash was even better. The score for the evening: three Harvard records, four University indoor marks, four Cage standards, four...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Track Team Crushes B.U., 81-28; Doten, Nichols Set New Standards | 12/17/1959 | See Source »

The Yardlings took the freshman meet 56 3/4 to 52 1/4 when B.U. had to forfeit the climatic two-mile relay. Covering the 600 in 1:15.6, the Crimson's Lowell Davidson set up new freshman Cage and meet records.

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Track Team Crushes B.U., 81-28; Doten, Nichols Set New Standards | 12/17/1959 | See Source »

Maurice A. Hutcheson, 62, who inherited the presidency of the 850,000-member A.F.L.-C.I.O. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America from his father, William L. ("Big Bill") Hutcheson, was sued by two Baltimore members for failure to treat his office as a "position of trust," as defined...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: New Deal | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

Newly sobered by the payola scandal (see below), the nation's top jocks were acknowledging what everybody has suspected for some time-that their teen-age audience has begun to walk out on them. The popularity of rock 'n' roll began to slack off about a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ROCK 'N1 ROLL: Decline & Fall? | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

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