Word: severo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Severe (pop. 40,000), a poverty-stricken market town amid southern Italy's vineyards. There a Red-led band of 4,000 overpowered the local policemen, stacked up high barricades-gasoline drums, junked autos, mulecarts, one steamroller. When Scelba sent armored cars and regular troops into San Severo, the rebels manned their forts, fired stones, guns and grenades...