Word: train
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Arrived this week: Jaroslav Konvalinka and Karel Truksa, engineer and dispatcher, respectively of the Czech train which made a dash for freedom across the border into Western Germany (TIME, Sept. 24). At the invitation of Lawrence Cowen, president of Lionel Corp., they will settle with their families in Irvington, N.J., work in Lionel's toy-train plant...
...past six weeks, 19 people have been killed and 165 wounded by the Communists. Last week the visiting director of a London rubber firm, his plantation manager and nine policemen who were in his heavily guarded escort were ambushed and killed. Same day the Communists sabotaged the Singapore train 20 miles from Kuala Lumpur, killed five passengers and injured 20. Aboard the train was the Yang di-Pertuan Besar, Malayan ruler of Negri Sembilan. Said His Highness: "It was a terrifying experience." Loyal Negri Sembilan Malays, hitherto neutral, began honing their parangs (long knives) for anti-Communist action. The planters...
Back from Canada and the U.S., Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip docked in Liverpool, swung through an 80-minute tour of the city before taking the royal train to Euston station where Charles, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret were waiting to greet them. At the palace, patient crowds standing in a pelting rain demanded a sight of the travelers. After the traditional balcony appearance, the household settled down: Charles to inspect some more presents (among them an Indian suit and some fresh red apples from Canada), Elizabeth and Philip to enjoy one welcome day of rest and family life before...
Cameramen Wanted. Two camera crews - one in Washington, the other in Europe - are working exclusively for See It Now. Others are hired as needed for specific requirements. But Murrow thinks that TV will have to train its own cameramen to look for the offbeat and unusual. Says he: "There's no sense our trying to be on top of the news with a weekly show...
...every Princeton touchdown, passing for three, running for the fourth. Completing ten of 16 passes, he brought his total yardage for the year to 1,707, a new Ivy League record. Other notable results: Illinois and Ohio State, a 0-0 tie, temporarily derailing the Illinois Rose Bowl train; Michigan State, the nation's No. I team, over Indiana's hopped-up Hoosiers, 30-26; both Sugar Bowl teams-Tennessee over Mississippi, 46-21, and Maryland over North Carolina State...