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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...American writer, abolished marriage and approved free love. Almost free. Before the passion could be consummated, the lovers-to-be had to sign a register. As long as their names appeared on it, they were forbidden by law to take another lover. No one, apparently, ever escapes the long arm of the law in Utopia...
Double Bow-Out. To do that, the Colts will have to rely, as always, on the passing arm of 37-year-old Johnny Unitas. In the A.F.C. championship game against the Oakland Raiders last week. Johnny U. completed only eleven of 29 passes, but most were long gainers in clutch situations that helped lead the Colts to a 27-17 victory. Showing a newfound aggressiveness, the Colt defense sacked Raider quarterbacks five times and intercepted them three more. A late-blooming rookie running back, Norm Bulaich, bulldozed his way to 71 yards and two touchdowns in 22 carries...
Died. Charles ("Sonny") Liston, 38, former world heavyweight champion; of causes as yet unknown, although sheriff's deputies found puncture marks in each arm and a quarter ounce of heroin in the kitchen; in Las Vegas (his wife found his body in their home about a week after his death). "Ever since I was born, I've been fighting for my life," Liston used to say. Much of it was out of the ring. Son of an Arkansas cotton farmer, Liston in his late teens was serving a five-year sentence for a restaurant holdup when a prison...
...doctors obviously did something right. Though Matthew became critically ill in mid-November and was semicomatose for several days, he has made remarkable progress since then. The tracheotomy tube has been removed from his throat, he has regained the use of his left arm and has begun to undergo speech therapy to overcome impairment to his vocal cords. Other rabies victims have survived longer, but none has shown so much improvement at this stage of the illness...
Gorilla pimp. A user of strong-arm tactics to get and keep prostitutes...