Word: dennison
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seven quiet years, Ira Dennison, an upstate New York businessman, found the Adirondack Mountains over-looking Lake George a virtually soundproof haven from his workaday world. Then bulldozers rumbled onto his property, and the bosky dreamland in front of his colonial homestead became a concrete nightmare. Once remote and inaccessible, his hideaway was partly absorbed by a new exit for the six-lane Albany-to-Montreal Northway...
Many property owners in the same unenviable bind have asked the courts for a legal roadblock against encroaching progress. With rare exceptions, they have lost out to the principle of "eminent domain," which allows the state to acquire private property in the interests of the public good. But Dennison claimed that in addition to compensation for the land itself, the state should pay him for loss of privacy and deterioration of his scenic view. He also tried a more unusual tack. He demanded added damages for the nuisance caused by the traffic noises at his doorstep. Impressed by his arguments...
Keating's dissenting colleagues worried that the road decision might lead to a rash of noise-damage suits by people who live within earshot of new state highways. Chief Judge Stanley Fuld took the trouble to write a concurring opinion that New York courts will not grant Dennison-style damages willy-nilly. But as highways reach out farther and farther, more people are likely to try Ira Dennison's tactics...
Nayar can reach the semi-finals today if he beats Chris Keidel of Penn and the winner of the match between Chris Gadsden (Yale) and Bob Hellerson (Dennison). Gonzalez's path will be tougher. After an easy match with Bill Crane of Williams he will meet Navy's Scott Ryan, the number two seed and the only collegiate player ever to defeat Nayar...
...detectives who studied the Dennison case told the group they had concluded that the butcher had forced Dorothy to the parsonage, where he killed...