Word: chester
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Councilman Chester A. Higley, chairman of the public safety committee termed Lynch's motion "foolish and stupid--absolutely ridiculous. This is mass punishment, and I'm not in favor of it. This won't come up before a public safety meeting for a long time, I'll see to that...
...automatic closer attached which makes door-slamming a job for some Hercules. But it is both needless and rude to do so even if it were physically possible, especially since a little bit of imagination could put an end to the problem once and for all. Harvey M. Chester...
Alistair Cooke, U.S. correspondent for the Manchester Guardian, recently surveyed the reaction of U.S. critics to a new book by an Australian author (Chester Wilmot's The Struggle for Europe-TIME, March 31). "Since TIME magazine is the most influential book page in the country," Cooke said, "it is safe to assume that several million Americans who will never read the book have already taken instruction in how they ought to feel if they...
...Struggle for Europe, by Chester Wilmot. An exceptionally well written history of the war in Europe, by an Australian provocatively critical of U.S. generalship and diplomacy (TIME, March...
Lynch made the same motion at yesterday's meeting, but saw it defeated five to three, with Chester A. Higley and Edward J. Sullivan the only other councilmen supporting the measure...