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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Army's injury-ridden backs were finally hale and hearty and the bettors made Navy's outweighed midshipmen 7-point underdogs before the kickoff in Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium. But right from the start, Navy drove home its blocks with clean precision, turned loose darting, stubby (5 ft. 8 in., 185 lbs.') Halfback Joe Bellino for three touchdowns. On defense, Navy used four halfbacks to throw an umbrella over Lonesome End Bill Carpenter, put such a rush on sharpshooting Quarterback Joe Caldwell that he consistently missed open receivers. When the slaughter was done, Navy had rolled...
...work on an assignment which calls for exhaustive digging, nothing halts him," glowed the New York World-Telegram and Sun last June. "Time is of no consequence: he will work 24 hours without thought of rest. Weather never daunts him . . . No one awes him." The paper, about to start a new series by Reporter Gleason, listed some of his exploits: he had discovered the cause of a fatal 1956 explosion on a Brooklyn pier (improperly stored explosives); he had uncovered skulduggery in Manhattan's slum-clearance program; he had broken a story about the New York Transit Authority...
...workers back, producing 40,000 cars a week, by about Dec. 16. The 13 Chevy assembly plants are shooting to break the alltime record of 188,410 cars produced last December. Chrysler Corp. finally had to shut down this week for lack of steel, but plans to start up again next week, will recall 38,000 laid-off production workers. Ford Motor Co. is confident that it will be able to get by without a major stoppage...
...skin along the back and cut off a narrow strip of skin the entire length of back. Loosen skin on one side from bony part of gills ... if fish is soft, work slowly and carefully . . .' And so on through all the other gruesome procedures before the housewife could start to burn her fingers in the hot grease or fill her kitchen with clouds of fish-laden smoke...
...felled trees across from the Divinity School marks the site of the new Center for World Religions, which will open next Fall. Construction on the $500,000 building designed to "encourage communication between men of different faiths" will start in the next few days...