Word: weekending
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bear") Bryant. (He played that way himself in the early '30s when he was the "wrong end" on a fine Alabama team that had its headlines hogged by a glue-fingered pass-grabber named Don Hutson.) Even on Monday afternoons, when other squads are still resting from their weekend's labors, the Aggies butt heads on their Brazos River practice fields...
...bootlegging increased again in Holmes County, Editor Smith repeatedly attacked Sheriff Richard F. Byrd. Then, on the Fourth of July weekend last year, the sheriff drove up to a group of Negroes gathered about a small country store at Tehula. He asked one of them, Henry Randle, 27, what he meant by "whooping." The Negro denied any whooping, witnesses reported, and the sheriff cursed and struck him. When Randle raised his arm to ward off the blows, the sheriff drew his pistol and yelled, "Get going!" As Randle ran off, Sheriff Byrd reportedly shot him in the thigh...
Griswold said yesterday on the eve of Yale's biggest weekend in two years, "fraternity bars must operate on a completely legal basis or not at all." This was taken to mean that anyone under 21 would not be served a drink--thus complying with the state laws...
Meanwhile, New Haven authorities say that Crimson fans who have not reserved rooms for the weekend will find it impossible to get hotel space. Craig LeVin, owner of the Taft Hotel, advised students who cannot get rooms in New Haven to go to Bridgeport, 20 minutes away...
Reliable sources indicated last night that the News will break a newly-established precedent this weekend and publish one of its rare Saturday editions...