Word: windshield
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Self-Defense. In Rutherford, N.J., Magistrate Allen C. Mathias ruled that Filling Station Operator John Valk Jr. was not guilty of assault in chasing Frank W. Fryer, who, without buying any gas, insisted that Valk wipe his windshield, check his tires, test his battery...
...lively retrace of U.S. automobile history, from linen-duster days to the present. He records all the major milestones, from the first plans drawn by George Selden of Rochester (1877), the first model of the Duryea brothers (1893), the water-cooled engine (1895), the steering wheel (1900), the windshield (1905), the left-hand drive (1909), the enclosed body (1911), the electric self-starter (1912), right down to such latter-day innovations as freewheeling (1930) and automatic transmission (1940s...
...airport. Pilot Don Jones, 42, and dependable "old man" of the line, hunched forward in his seat, his eyes fixed on the soft-glowing needles of the luminous instruments before him. On such a night their judgment was better than his own; fine-grained snow slanted dazzlingly against the windshield of his twin-engined Martin...
...more. It sent veterarn Police Reporter Harry McCormick to Denver to blow the whistle on crime there. Once, kidnaped by a member of the notorious Barrow-Parker gang (1935), McCormick got an exclusive interview and persuaded the kidnaper to vouch for its authenticity by pressing his fingerprints on the windshield of McCormick's car before he was let go. McCormick had hoped to keep his visit to Denver under cover. But the Post ran him down within 24 hours, politely offered him a car, a photographer and a look at the files. This week, the Dallas News began running...
Stable Door. In Maiden, Mass., police decided to keep a close eye on Charles Fauci's car after he reported the theft, within a month, of two hub caps, gas, the cap to the gas tank, more gas, a new gas tank cap, four door handles, the windshield, both headlights...