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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Sponsor Crosby was busy making a movie, and, pleading lack of practice, did not play in his own tournament. In his place, Comedian Bob Hope happily hammed up the job of host, and got the tournament off to a relaxed start from which, as usual, it never recovered. When Orchestra Leader Phil Harris outdrove him, Hope glowered at his red-capped, red-socked opponent and tried some freestyle gamesmanship. "You've turned sober on me," he accused Harris darkly...
Apartments with cooking facilities start at about $125 for two or three bedrooms, but such apartments in choice locations might run upwards of $200 a month. The average two-bed-room triple, according to official Harvard figures, costs about $525 a term or $115 a month, without cooking facilities, but with porter and janitor service and utilities...
Anti-freeze sales have soared; auto mechanics have been out in force, answering calls from unprepared motorists. Buses and trains find customers' numbers swelled by commuters who can't fight the cold, or whose cars refuse to start...
Massachusetts schools outside the Boston area have been closed. Monday, a man attempting to start his car died in front of his house when carbon monoxide seeped into the car's closed interior; another man stepped out of the cold into a drug store, then collapsed...
...goal was set for the fund, but the response was beyond most expectations. The Committee received 406 contributions, varying from 50 cents to 250 dollars. Martin states that "considering the lateness of our start and the existence of several other solicitations for the same purpose, I believe that we can be well satisfied by this response. Certainly the American Friends' Service Committee is very grateful for this unlooked for addition to its relief funds...