Balky Ford Calls Out Band of Firefighters

Recent instances of semi-false fire alarms reached epidemic proportions yesterday, as an estimated nine Cambridge fire trucks and accompanying flame-fighters helped Martin L. Frank '47 start up his 1937 Ford in a parking lot near Leverett House.

Ten minutes earlier Frank had stepped on the starter and saw flames shooting out of the ventilators. With one breath he called for a fire truck. The bucket did the trick, but the vehicles decided to come along for the ride anyhow. Then, while firemen kibitzed, the amazed student stepped on his starter again and the motor started turning over like a precision watch.

The wagons clanged their way home, while Frank hovered over his unpredictable jalopy, scratching his head.