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...boss of the teeming 24th Ward, on Chicago's West Side. He was the ward's first Negro alderman. He wore $200 suits, and his friends called him "Duke." He held real estate valued at more than $100,000. He had just leased a shiny new political headquarters, with autographed photos of people like John F. Kennedy on the wall. That was how it was with Benjamin F. Lewis, 53. Everything was going his way. Last week he was re-elected as alderman by a pretty decisive margin-12,189 to 888. It almost seemed as though...
Phantoms v. MIGs. On U.S. radarscopes in Florida, the MIGs had been traced out of Cuba. As soon as they passed the 24th parallel, 50-odd miles north of Havana, two U.S. Marine Phantom interceptors scrambled from Boca Chica Naval Air Station near Key West. The Marines raced toward the MIGs at 1,600 m.p.h., met them near the boat, some 60 miles north of Cuba, within five minutes. They saw the MIGs fire at the stricken vessel, radioed Boca Chica for instructions. Four more Phantoms were dispatched...
...retrial, Loughan was acquitted. He was still gloating when arrested on the steps of Old Bailey for another robbery and, after his 24th conviction, sent to prison for seven years...
...score for that last round was a sizzling 66; at the end, his nearest competitor was three strokes behind. Jack Nicklaus. Palmer's heir presumptive, wound up tied for 24th. Other pros just shrugged. Watching Palmer pocket the $9.000 winner's check. Mike Souchak shook his head. ''Here we go again.'' he murmured. "New year, same story...
...spend much time looking out the windows of the TIME & LIFE Building in Manhattan's Rockefeller Center; too busy with words on paper. But last week staff members were arguing about how many new buildings, completed or under construction, they can see from their offices on the 24th and 25th floors. Best count: 35. Reason for this study of the surroundings was this week's story and twelve-page color spread on "The New New York." Members of the color projects staff had been talking about this story for years as they watched New York changing; last spring...