Word: taverne
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...property, located at 254-256a Washington St., is assessed at $125,000 and would ordinarily bring the city of Boston about $12,000 annually in taxes. The five story building with double bay windows presently houses McFarland's Tavern, The Towne Grille, and the offices of R.C. Martin, a private contracting firm...
Gaylord Neal, 25, facing trial for a grocery stickup in Philadelphia, was out on bail there last January when a hooded holdup man collected $181 at the Topside Tavern, fired a shot in the ceiling. In March, a hooded gunman got $109 at Hagerty's Tavern; minutes later police collared Neal near by. At his feet were a bag containing $109 and a loaded pistol that police say fired the shot at the Topside Tavern...
...best people in Kansas City were for it. The evening Star urged its passage in front-page editorials on five different days. The Chamber of Commerce, labor unions and most church groups added their agreement. About the only organized opposition came from the Kansas City Tavern Owners' Association, whose president, Charles Geneva, predicted: "In the privacy of the voting booth, a lot of people will vote against this racial bill...
...Billy Potts owned a tavern in Ford's Ferry, Ky. Its floor was covered with bloodstains; outside, the grounds were filled with shallow graves. Travelers who stayed overnight could not depend on getting up again next morning. Billy's son, a chip off the old block, was caught robbing by two farmers, was forced to leave the state. Years later he returned with a hefty bankroll and a beard. He decided to surprise the folks by not letting on who he was. Not recognizing him, Daddy cheerfully sank a knife into his back, fleeced him, and went...
...Fire. Portuguese love the fado most when they are away from Portugal; saudade, an untranslatable word that means something like galloping nostalgia, occurs in nearly every song. But even at home, the Portuguese seem eager to have their hearts broken. "A wild group of students can roar into a tavern," a medical student says wonderingly, "and immediately they become despondent, wailing their favorite fado." Positive-thinking Portuguese try unsuccessfully to combat this downbeat sense of life; if such songs must be sung, a Portuguese intellectual has urged, "let us suffer en famille and avoid letting foreigners think we have invented...