Word: baton
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this time with Leontyne Price towering over both score (excerpted songs) and cast (William Warfield, McHenry Boat-wright). The recording is rich, the singing is fine, and the livin' is easy-at least for those who can bear the thought of Price singing under Skitch Henderson's baton...
...most places, everything went well. In Charleston, S.C., Millicent Brown, 15, one of two Negro children admitted to Rivers High School, described her first day's experience: "It was a fine day. I met several nice girls. I think I'm really going to enjoy Rivers." In Baton Rouge, La., 28 Negro kids broke the color barrier, and Mayor John Chris tian said he was "very well satisfied with the way things turned out." In Tallahassee, Fla., 16-year-old Harold Knowles, one of three Negroes to start classes at Leon High School, said: "I expected some friction...
...such racial tinderboxes as Birmingham, Baton Rouge and Pine Bluff, Ark.-and in all these, violence is possible. Still, much of the Negro's attention has shifted to protest against de facto segregation in the North, where segregation created by neighborhood housing patterns presents a far more complex problem. Negro leaders in New York, Boston, Oakland, Calif., Detroit, St. Louis and Chicago (see EDUCATION) threaten a mass "stay-out" by Negro students this fall from schools that are mostly Negro if only by reason of residence. In New Rochelle, N.Y., and several other cities, some Negro children during...
...Russians chipped away at the U.S.'s strongest points-making gains with a second place in the 400-meter dash, another in the 800-meter run, and a startling victory in the 400-meter relay, when the sloppy U.S. team finished first but was disqualified for passing the baton illegally. Some of the Americans managed to live up to their clippings, but the Russians had aces to match-such as Valery Brumel, who sailed over the crossbar at 7 ft. 5¾ in. to break his own world record in the high jump...
Under the capable baton of James Paul the 24-piece orchestra was all that one could ask for. Maestro Paul (Cape Cod's answer to Arthur Fiedler) is a highly gifted if somewhat flamboyant conductor. His tautly controlled dynamics in the ghost scene were particularly impressive...