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...Schwerner, 24, a Black and two whites, left their homes in the North to journey into America's belly. Full of hope, not sure they would come out alive, they wanted to change the world. But there was no place for their dreams underneath the sweltering Southern sun. Trapped amidst a fusion of heat and hate, their visions collided with the granite realities of the "Southern Way of Life...
...master Lenore C. Frazier, tutors, administrative assistants and students reflected on the changes in the House since its opening in 1971 amidst continuing construction...
...Amidst all the problems, the team is in the process of qualifying individuals for Nationals. Keane, one of the nation's premier sailors, should have no problem, and he will get his chance this weekend when the Crimson travels to the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., this weekend. If all goes well, the sophomore standout will journey west to Michigan...and have some place to come home to when he gets back...
Part two closes with "Jump Jump," which makes the necessary quantum leap in order to escape the world he has been surveying. Though decrying Les Miserables as "too serious," he accumulates similar artistic visions from all around him--Van Gogh's. Cezanne's--which represent something lasting and attractive amidst the cool cruel world; he shows the way to escape through art to a higher reality. Dedicating the song to John Lennon makes the statement even more powerful: Even death does not stop the music...
...radar, Castro asked the Soviets how to shoot down an attacking plane. The officers obligingly showed him the button that would fire off an SA-2 ground-to-air missile. Suddenly, Castro pushed the button. A missile went up and, Franqui writes dryly, "the plane came down amidst the consternation of the generals." The U2's pilot, Air Force Major Rudolph Anderson Jr., was the only known U.S. combat casualty of the six-day crisis...