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Though the negative testimony mounted, the opposition, led by Indiana Democrat Birch Bayh, was not nearly as aggressive as during the Haynsworth hearings. Further, Carswell has had none of the financial entanglements that made Haynsworth a target...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Supreme Court: Approaching the Bench | 2/9/1970 | See Source »

...little doubt of Muslim involvement in July, when Wyatt and a local dentist, Dr. Robert McClung, sold the Muslims an additional 541-acre parcel for a quick $20,000 profit. McClung, similarly, was an unlikely ally of the black man; he is past president of the local John Birch Society. Their neighbors were particularly enraged, since the pair had apparently been motivated solely by profit. In addition to the land sales, Wyatt was also offered the job of personnel manager at the farm, and the Muslims promised to buy trucks and cars from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Races: Muslims in Alabama | 2/2/1970 | See Source »

...group's musical director from Chappaqua, N.Y., which borders Mr. Kisco. Elliot was introduced to rock 'n' roll by his older brother and quickly became the prime patron of a local malt shop. He listened intently to the juke box for hours and watched the neighborhood toughs guzzle birch beer and carve their initials on the booths. At night, he would lie in his bed as rock hits echoed through his mind and visions of fan clubs danced in his head. "Someday," Elliot's heart said, "I too will be a rock and roll star...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Classical Music Sha Na Na Is Here | 1/15/1970 | See Source »

...THEN I passed the John Birch Society Book-store where I read pamphlets and leaflets decrying the carnal, communist, and corpuscible sins of this country and sex education and Marx in the high schools and a Woman chewing Chiclets outside walked by looking into the window and the Joe McCarthy tints said Amen and shuffled down to the Corner. Later, eating at the Utah Cafe. I noticed a man sitting near me at the counter with no teeth and a beard and a brown suit in which the pocket was filled with ball point pens lined up like cigars...

Author: By Richard D. Rosen, | Title: Found Poems A Short Cultural History of Salt Lake City | 1/12/1970 | See Source »

...believe that Timothy Leary "might just have a chance of winning his campaign for the governorship of California"? But enough of heady political analysis. What really shook me up was your apparent stress on corporal punishment. ("Her eyes sparkled. 'We are in a birchwood. Perhaps you wish to birch me. Yes?'") I may be square, but frankly I don't get a charge out of whacking somebody on the bare backside. Incidentally, Playboy's September circulation was 5,624,000. How big is yours? -Not So Interested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Magazines: Penthouse v. Playboy | 11/7/1969 | See Source »

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