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...attributed some of the alleged misunderstanding between the two faiths to the "blas against Catholics" taught in "much of the public school system" and to the "general hostility" towards the Catholics caused by a "small minority" of Protesiant ministers...
Last month, the News broke Petit's exposé under Page One headlines: RACKETS THRIVE WITHOUT FEAR; WHO GETS THE PAYOFFS? Don Petit's story was detailed enough to make even blasé Miamians take notice. It listed the addresses and telephone numbers of bookie joints, houses of prostitution and numbers-game headquarters. And it flatly charged that these rackets were operating with the connivance of the Miami police, who were paid off with "ice money," i.e., graft...
Denies Political Blas...
...crowd, as liberally sprinkled with businessmen as with rednecked farmers, was well-behaved and almost blasé. Unlike his late "Poppuh," Hummon snapped no galluses and shook no dank hair at his constituents. Some three-syllable words like "constructive" and "progressive" even slipped into his speech. Some Georgians wondered hopefully if Atlanta Constitution Editor Ralph McGill's prophecy of last September might not be true: "What appears to be the greatest triumph of the old pattern in the South is actually its death struggle...
...Political Blas...