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...still galls him. Another young Mormon black, Eugene Orr, is distressed that unlike other Mormon fathers, he will be unable to baptize his own son when the youngster is eight and ready for the ritual. "I am not about to hand my child over to a white man to bless him," insists Orr, but he sticks by Mormonism all the same. "You wonder why we continue in the church?" he asks. "It's because I know that this is the true church. And truth is truth; you can't get around that...
...Republican assemblage rises to sing God Bless America...
...delegates nonetheless went through the motions. All but swallowed up in the cavernous Freedom Hall, they dressed in red, white and blue ensembles, sang along when the organist played Yankee Doodle Boy and God Bless America, and dutifully waved their placards (read one: THIS is OUR COUNTRY AND WE AIM TO GET IT BACK -BUY LETTUCE AND GRAPES...
...people who like nothing better than the good dirt on their local alderman (not to mention their next door neighbor). The Traveler represented Old Boston--the conservative establishment and the middle class working families who enjoy breakfast much more when the news is good news. The Record American, bless its tabloid soul, carried the numbers every day, ran lots of patriotic and sensational stories on subversives and fires, and generally catered to the city's hardcore working class people. But while the Record's editorial approach clearly came out on top in the latest merger, the transition destroyed the fibre...
...hotels and wherever he stopped. Though mostly young, the crowds cover the full range; husky longshoremen stand with gray-haired grandmothers, middle-aged matrons and denim-jacketed students. There is no Kennedy-style squealing in a McGovern crowd. Instead, there are shouts of "We love you, George!" and "God bless you, McGovern...