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...arrest abruptly halted Wagner's lavish cross-country spree, in which he used up all but $4,575 of the original sum. Among other things, Wagner was reported to have spent more than $1800 on call girls during the last five days of his freedom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M.I.T. Student Arrested After Spree on Bank Loot | 12/10/1956 | See Source »

...government. He bolstered his own position by placing inexperienced Army officers in high government posts instead of financial and commercial experts. Scandals were frequent, and Bogota rang with stories of corruption in high places. Nevertheless, coffee prices were at a record high, the country was enjoying an unprecedented buying spree, and prosperous coffee growers and textile merchants agreed that the Rojas government was "better than before...

Author: By Charles Green, | Title: Colombia | 11/16/1956 | See Source »

...physical culture, exercises, or work on the "rock pile"-carting bricks or laying walks. Visitors are barred, and Lowney once heaved bricks at a trio of them. Liquor and women are also banned ("I'd kill one of my younger boys who got married") except for an occasional spree in Terre Haute. 16 miles over to the east. Lights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Housemother Knows Best | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

Leroy Holmes will provide the music from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. for the big crush in the Dillon Gym. The Big Three Spree is sponsored by the Orange Key, in honor of Princeton's football glories...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: Serenade Banned By Harvard Band As Tiger Tenses | 11/10/1956 | See Source »

Tech Scoring Spree...

Author: By Jerome A. Chadwick, | Title: Tech Crushes Soccer Varsity, 4-2; Weak Crimson Backfield Collapses | 10/25/1956 | See Source »

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