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...final round of the 77th U.S. Open played last Sunday had all the elements of high drama associated with the showcase of American golf. An affable Alabamian named Hubert Green displayed the mettle of one of golf's great champions in shooting a final round of even par 70 to win his first major championship with a 278 total, only one shot ahead of runner-up Lou Graham...
Blithe Spirit. The holes were wide open as New England surged ahead with six touchdown drives in the 48-17 win over Oakland-including sustained, slugging marches of 92, 80 and 76 yds. Tackle Gray, a black, trumpet-tootling Mississippian, and his sideman, white, fiddle-playing Alabamian John Hannah, are close friends off the field and dominant on it. Tight End Russ Francis brought to the team a free spirit and a Hawaiian hex for use against opponents when he arrived as a first-round draft pick last year. Francis owns his own Beechcraft and zips around in a Maserati...
...sounded like vintage Wallace, but the fact is the feisty Alabamian is working hard to overhaul his image. Earlier in the week he vowed that 1976 "will be my last campaign"-unless, of course, he is campaigning for re-election to the presidency in 1980, an eventuality that strikes everybody but Wallace and his staunchest supporters as inconceivable. Accordingly, Wallace is modifying his style and some-but by no means all -of his themes...
...performers like Merle Haggard and Tanya Tucker, who wear their lower-class origins like a spangled suit. But recent years have witnessed the success of equally authentic artists who know the bottom from a different angle. Few white stars rival the popularity or talent of Charley Pride, a black Alabamian, or Jonny Rodriguez, a Texas Chicano, and few have done more to revitalize genuine country music while incorporating some of the more adaptable elements of pop music--strings, pianos, and complex vocal accompaniments. Such artists have strengthened country music while enriching it with a new diversity, and have opened...
...George Wallace as a vice-presidential running mate. Such a combination would be highly improbable-whether for ideological reasons or because Wallace might simply be too debilitated by his gunshot wounds to campaign. But Humphrey clearly hoped to gain Wallace's 328 delegates in exchange for allowing the Alabamian some added influence at the convention...