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Word: townes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Married shortly after he left the Bays ("The idolatry that goes with being a football player in the little town of Green Bay, Wisconsin, is not exactly conducive to happy marriage," he says), Harry moved to South Bend, Indiana, where he took over the end coach chores for Notre Dame...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Erstwhile Green Bay End Jacunski Scouts and Coaches for the Crimson | 11/15/1947 | See Source »

Released on ball after an arrest in the University town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, several of the men fled to the home of the Presbyterian minister with two carloads of angry cab drivers behind them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tester of Supreme Court Ruling on Jim Crow Will Speak Here Tonight | 11/12/1947 | See Source »

...threatened to burn the minister's home if he did not turn the Jim Crow violators over to them, and the Negroes escaped lynching only through the strong action of the minister, whose family was ultimately forced to leave the town for several weeks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tester of Supreme Court Ruling on Jim Crow Will Speak Here Tonight | 11/12/1947 | See Source »

...Cheektowaga, N. Y. Homeowner Walter Pietrzak sat down and wrote to the Town Board: "I want my street fixed, it is a lousy street. I want a sign on it too. That street is really bad. Fix it because it needs fixing. You must fix it because if you don't I will not pay any tax. Fix it. Please fix it. It needs fixing very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 10, 1947 | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

...somewhere in the football leagues A little trophy stands, Surrounded by a cheering throng And gaily-playing bands. But up at quaint old Cambridge Town The flag is at half-mast, For there is no gun at Harvard; Our cannon's back at last...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rutgers Gets Stolen Cannon After Tip-Off by telegraph | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

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