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...most harm was New York Democrat Adam Clayton Powell Jr., political boss of Harlem. He insisted on attaching the old familiar "Powell Amendment," a rider that would withhold federal funds from segregated schools. Powell occasionally manages to tack on his nuisance amendment, sometimes killing a decent bill because Southerners balk. In a bipartisan attempt to save school aid, the Administration offered House Democratic leaders a substitute measure similar to the Democratic bill. They agreed to the substitution, and if the maneuver had worked, it would have neatly sidestepped the Powell Amendment. But Indiana's House Minority Leader Charles Halleck...
Nivins the Nightshade. The payola game brought Disk Jockey Clay in contact with a string of Damon Runyon-like characters, including Nat ("The Rat") Tarnapol, artist-and-repertory man for Roulette records, and Promoter Harry Balk, indicted earlier this year as a fixer of newspaper puzzle contests (TIME, March 9). But the most lizardous type Tom Clay ever encountered was Harry Nivins, a bald, cherubic nightshade who proved to be Tom's downfall...
...going along part way after another long balk, the House voted to take off the 3.26% ceiling on savings-bond interest rates. But Congress' failure to lift the interest ceilings on other long-range U.S. Treasury bonds, the White House hinted, might call for a special session this fall. The President's surprisingly successful stand on legislative matters has thoroughly rocked Democratic leaders accustomed to using their huge majorities for give-a-little-take-a-lot compromises with the White House...
Crimson starter Wally Cook was knocked out in the midst of this rally, which was built around four singles, a walk, and a balk. The last of these misfortunes was charged against Cook's reliever, Dave Kipp; and it provoked some minor objections from coach Norman Shepard. Strolling back to the dugout after a brief conference with the umpires, Shepard received the razz from a group of Naval officers sitting in the stands nearby. "We rely on you for our security," Shepard retorted before taking a seat. This apparently stopped the jeering, but the Navy players proceeded to make things...
...answers to the contests, swindled U.S. newspapers for more than a year. The transcontinental swoop bagged two key figures in Detroit: Walter Rex Johnston, 30, part-time car salesman whom the FBI identified as chief architect and brains of the swindle ring, and a key Johnston lieutenant, Harry H. Balk, 33, theatrical booking agent. Two Canadians who managed the flow of puzzle information were accused of using the mails and long-distance telephone to defraud, but were not arrested; the crimes are not extraditable...