Word: tolled
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...collect calls refused by King, the phone company thought it had a good case, will ask the court for a permanent injunction and $6,000 damages. If it wins the case, the first such court test, Southwestern Bell hopes it will serve as an expensive example to other toll cheaters. Said the phone company grimly: "We will study cases of other suspected violators ... we will take such action as is necessary to protect our interests...
...Reverened George A. Buttrick, preacher to the University, will offer a prayer "for liberty and peace in Middle Europe" at this morning's service in Appleton Chapel. The Memorial Church bell will also toll for two minutes at 9 a.m. "in mourning for all those who have given their lives in Hungary...
...stogiechomping, classics-quoting onetime (1931-35) governor of Oklahoma, two-term (1913-17) Congressman, who carried his lunch to work, planted chickpeas on the lawn of the governor's mansion, called out the National Guard to successfully defy Texas and a federal court by closing a Red River toll bridge during a legal hassle, next month used militia again to shut down Oklahoma's gushing oilfields until purchasers raised their bids to private well owners; after a stroke; in Oklahoma City. He campaigned ("Bread and Butter, Bacon and Beans") for the presidential nomination against Franklin Roosevelt...
Drew suffered an attack of meningitis two years ago, made a good recovery, and returned to lead his party in the House of Commons this year with vigor and effectiveness. But the grinding routine and the constant frustration of bucking a dominant majority took their toll. Near exhaustion, Drew left the House in the closing days of this summer's session for an extended rest; twice he entered hospitals to try to regain his strength. Last week Drew's physician bluntly warned him that he could no longer carry his old responsibilities without serious danger to his health...
...plowed head on into the mail train. One Pullman car, flung into the air by the force of the crash, dropped atop a dormitory car in which the Chief's dining-car employees were asleep; the next Pullman rammed into the crushed dormitory car from the rear. The toll: 20 dead, all of them Santa Fe employees; 35 injured, most of them passengers...