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...students who appeared at the Plympton St. scooter lot yesterday evening to snatch up one of the abandoned vehicles on sale by the HCUA were in for a surprise. Instead of a honey-mouthed auctioneer, they met a taciturn University cop, slowly shaking his head...

Author: By Jonathan Fox, | Title: Deans Suppress Scooter Auction | 5/15/1964 | See Source »

...javelin will pit Paul Mallas of Navy against Columbia's Len, DeFlore for the championship. Croasdale should cop the hammer throw with Columbia's Bill Brown, Cornell's Gage, and Midshipman Bill Gleeson the top contenders. All have topped...

Author: By Philip Ardery, | Title: TRACKMEN BATTLE NAVY FOR HEPS CROWN | 5/15/1964 | See Source »

...impact of the appeal has been staggering," said one top cop. "Women who would never have dreamed of talking to a policeman are coming all the time." In the first 24 hours alone, more than 120 whores had volunteered information about the murder victims or about male customers of their acquaintance who seemed, in Scotland Yard's words, "odd or eccentric in their association with prostitutes." Said Commander Hatherill: "What has astonished me is the number of women in this profession who have been picked up, stripped in a car, then knocked about-and made no complaint...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: Jack the Stripper | 5/8/1964 | See Source »

...often the problem is delay in the law's enforcement-the interminable minutes it can take to reach the police. In an age of computers and digit dialing, it may be easier to phone "Hiya" to a pal in Addis Ababa than to call "Help" to a cop a few blocks away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Police: Car 54, Where Are You? | 5/8/1964 | See Source »

...first, the Brooklyn group's effort seemed about to live up to its nightmarish prospects. Early in the morning, some demonstrators tried to keep a subway train from moving by holding the doors open. A cop batted their hands with his night stick, the doors closed, and the train moved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Civil Rights: The Flop | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

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