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...District of Columbia, down four (Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri and Tennessee) from his September showing. In some of those, including New York and his home state of Minnesota, his margin was precarious. George Wallace could claim six Southern states, having picked up two (Arkansas and South Carolina). The breakdown...
Some pessimists are predicting just such a breakdown in New York. But even if they're wrong, the U.S. has had another little taste of the urban armaggeddon...
...even though they did not prevail. They must also be convinced that the opportunities for change are open and the goals and stance of the enterprise are sufficiently right for it to deserve their loytlty despite specific points of disagreement. Administrative intractability and resistance to change contribute to the breakdown of law and order...
...would return to their schools for a few days. The community would temporarily tolerate them; eventually, the teachers-who could not have worked effectively in the hostile atmosphere-would be quietly transferred. McCoy, however, was unable to restrain the more militant blacks in the community. And Shanker used the breakdown of the agreement as an excuse to try to make his union the dominant power in the city's increasingly chaotic school system...
...Hilton's Haymarket lounge gave way, and about ten of the targets spilled into the lounge after the shards of glass. A squad of police pursued them inside and beat them. Two bunny-clad waitresses took one look and capsized in a dead faint. By now the breakdown of police discipline was complete. Bloodied men and women tried to make their way into the hotel lobby. Upstairs on the 15th floor, aides in the McCarthy headquarters set up a makeshift hospital...