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When the tan, barrack-type buildings were put up in 1946, the City provided that they must be torn down in five years. The deadline was last February, but the University asked for an extension until the summer to demolish the houses to prevent turning veterans and ther families out during winter and school months...
...projects, on Massachusetts Avenue, Memorial Drive, and Museum Street, were built in 1946 to house the returning veterans studying at the University. The contract with the city states that they were to be torn down last February...
...prefabricated units were built in the spring of 1946, with a proviso by the City that they were to be torn down in five years. The deadline has passed, but the University and the American Veterans Committee want the units to stand until after the present term is over. This would give veterans now living in the houses a chance to find new quarters...
...Agency. "All were highly indignant, and cursed these counter-revolutionaries." Peking's People's Daily added that the crowds "gritted their teeth in hatred . . . Cheers and applause were heard as these people were killed." A mob surrounded a van transporting one group of prisoners, and would have torn them to pieces had not a well-armed guard intervened. After executions, onlookers kicked the bodies and beat them with sticks...
...Eastern Intercollegiate tournament at Penn State last weekend, Lee lost in the semi-finals to the 1949 winner. He finished the tourney as third-ranking 123-pounder in the East, however, since the defending champion, Bob Gerebino of Syracuse, was forced to default because of a torn...