Word: alabama
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DIED. Fred ("Dixie") Walker, 71, hard-hitting Brooklyn Dodger outfielder whose nickname came from his Alabama childhood, but whose moniker with cheering Ebbets Field fans was "the Peepul's Cherce"; of cancer; in Birmingham. After stumbling around the majors for eight years, Walker caught fire with the Dodgers in 1939, helping "da bums" to win pennants in 1941 and 1947. He hit .357 to take the National League batting crown, in 1944, led the league with 124 RBl's a year later and had a lifetime .306 average over 18 seasons. His Dodger playing years ended...
...bring in the megabucks by going hardship. After all, if the USC football team is any indicator, the best college players only pull in $2,000 a year under the table. High school stars may be even more undercompensated. According to the Birmingham Post-Herald, current University of Alabama forward Bobby Lee Hurt only received a percentage of the revenues from soft drink machines and gate receipts while in high school--even after he threatened transfer to another school...
...defense. Among the items agents found were a black plastic toy pistol and a Band-Aid box with a note inside reading "This plane has been hijacked!" There were also magazine and newspaper clips on the deaths of John Lennon and Elvis Presley and the shooting of former Alabama Governor George Wallace. Among Hinckley's books was The Fan, the story of a deranged youth who stalks an actress. Inside was an unmailed postcard with portraits of Ronald and Nancy Reagan on one side. On the reverse was a bizarre message to Actress Jodie Foster, 19, with whom Hinckley...
Other Sunbelt states are worse off. The unemployment rate in Alabama has reached 14%, the highest in the South, because of cutbacks in construction and manufacturing. The state prepared for another blow last week when U.S. Steel, which has already furloughed 3,500 of the 8,200 union workers at its huge Fairfield works, announced that it is considering closing the plant entirely. In Polk County, Fla., unemployment has hit 13% because of slumping demand for fertilizer made from phosphate mined in the area...
Only rarely do universities make that commitment Alabama has a dynasty in football. UCLA in basketball, lowa in wrestling, and Harvard in crew...