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Students at the University faced the driest, spring in recent years as a result of yesterday's crackdown on underage drinking by the Cambridge Licensing Board and the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission of Massachusetts...
Last December Connecticut's Democratic Governor Abraham Ribicoff decided to take drastic action to reduce his state's automobile accident rate. On his order (and a warning that no crackdown would mean no reappointment), Connecticut judges began handing speeders 30-day license suspensions on first arrest and 60-day suspensions for second offenses. With mixed prudence and pride, Connecticut motorists trod more lightly on the gas pedal. Last week Ribicoff happily announced the first fruits of his campaign: in the first three months of this year, Connecticut traffic fatalities were nearly 15% lower (down to 63) than...
Cambridge police have begun a crackdown on habitual parking violators in the Harvard area by towing away a large number of cars in the past three days, according to the Ellery Garage, which does the towing...
...cruising police car has, he added, sought out cars of violators and notified the garage by radio of their location. Some students, objecting to the crackdown have thrown firecrackers and water at the policemen, he claimed. The garageman said he expected more towing, late last night, at about two or three in the morning...
...nickels will be pumped into pinball machines tomorrow as a result of a crackdown on Sunday playing by a policeman new to the Dunster Street area, Henry Bauman, the proprietor of Elsie's, revealed last night...