Word: suburbanism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rebels tracked them down. By the next dawn, rebel blockaders had trapped at least four police cars and gunned the occupants dead. Rebels besieged police snipers, fought confused night battles among themselves. For three days and nights, bullets whined in Central Park, in downtown office buildings, in suburban Vedado. An estimated 40 persons died...
...world of pop music-which is bluesy and sometimes boozy, rocking and often shocking-Singer Pat Boone, 24, stands out as an exemplary type. While earning a reported $750,000 a year, he lives modestly in suburban Teaneck, NJ. with the wife he married at 19 and their four daughters. While recording such jukebox hits as Lone Letters in the Sand and Friendly Persuasion, he attended Columbia University (majoring in speech) and last June graduated magna cum laude. Though a Tennessee-raised descendant of rugged Daniel Boone, he does not drink, smoke or cuss. On occasion he gives guest sermons...
...Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad asked the New Jersey Public Utilities Commission for permission to drop 40 suburban passenger trains, citing lower freight revenues which fail to support suburban passenger losses...
...High Cost of Loving. A gentle little satire on the suburban manners and office morals of a company man, recession phase, charmingly played and directed by José Ferrer (TIME, March...
...Heineman that his new commuter plan will turn red ink to black that he has ordered 36 new, air-conditioned, 161-passenger commuter coaches at a cost of $5,600,000. Says Ben Heineman: "If we can provide a fast, reliable, comfortable ride, then people will ride the suburban railroad, and read the papers and relax in preference to beating their brains out against traffic. It is our conviction that by using ingenuity...