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...first shipload of U.S. arms to reach Italy under the U.S. Military Assistance Program approached its wharf last week, Naples was prepared for anything. But when the Exilona finally tied up at the pier, nothing happened. Communist organizers called on all Italian workers to strike forthwith. Six trolleycar motormen, five bus drivers, some armament workers and a spaghetti factory obeyed. Two of the bus drivers later changed their minds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Without Incident | 4/24/1950 | See Source »

...present site of the CRIMSON was a stream that ran past the Town Wharf into the Charles River. Dunster House has replaced the wherry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Water Shortage Here . . . College Buildings Float on It | 3/18/1950 | See Source »

...election of various town officials-among them Fence-viewer, Surveyor of Lumber and Bark, and Clam Commissioner. The next items in the warrant covered every sort of town problem: among them a plant to install parking meters in the center of town, appropriations for the repair of the Town Wharf, the need for a new fire engine. Each article in the warrant had been considered by the town's Finance Committee, a part appointive, part elective board, and this committee made recommendations to the meeting...

Author: By Maxwell E. Foster jr., | Title: CABBAGES & KINGS | 3/11/1950 | See Source »

...last night William V. H. Mason '51, spokesman for the five student philanthropists, complained "we've asked at every boat house and fish wharf up and down the Charles, and no one will lend us a boat--not even for cash...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hopeful Bunnies Remain Boatless | 11/12/1949 | See Source »

...Wharf Bluestone asked Whouley if the two men hired since Chi and Roberts applied were better qualified for the jobs Whouley replied: "I don't know...

Author: By Rafael M. Steinberg, | Title: Students Charge Restaurant With Race-Biased Job Policy | 10/8/1949 | See Source »

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