Word: baton
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...goal, romp to an easy 21-3 victory. And in Miami's rain-drenched Orange Bowl, Louisiana State's hard-rushing linemen blocked two Colorado punts, routed the outmanned Westerners 25-7. Perhaps the biggest winner of all was L.S.U. Coach Paul Dietze, who flew home to Baton Rouge after the game ready to accept a fiveyear, $100,000 contract offer from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point...
...time, the U.S. Supreme Court spoke on the subject of Negro sit-ins at Southern lunch counters. But the court's voice was muted. All nine justices agreed to set aside the 1960 convictions of 16 Negro college students arrested while trying to break the segregation barrier in Baton Rouge eateries. The court's opinion, written by Chief Justice Earl Warren, dealt only with the fact that there had been no evidence that the students were guilty, as charged, of having violated a Louisiana disturbing-the-peace statute that prohibits anyone from acting "in such manner...
Basing its decision on such narrow grounds, the court gave no hint as to what its reaction might be to the appeals now pending before it from other sit-in demonstrators who have been convicted on other charges throughout the South. And last week Baton Rouge cops arrested 72 more Negro students. Among the charges: obstructing "the free, convenient and normal use" of a sidewalk...
...million in Allied stock to acquire Union Texas Natural Gas Corp., a major oil and gas producer whose output will guarantee Allied a supply of crude for its petrochemical business. First venture planned for the merged company: construction of a $40 million to $60 million petrochemical complex near Baton Rouge...
...sound wearied, that is good. I am. But I am also angered. I find it discouraging to read: "Many colleges even give scholarships to talented twirlers." If I and thousands of other kids across the country must compete for scholarships with Pepsodent-smiling, hitch-kicking, dimple-kneed baton twirlers, then maybe I should shave my legs and armpits, put a wiggle in my step and a curve in my blouse, and spend my afternoons twirling a baton...