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...bright future for him as an elected representative of their state; his views on civil rights and economics are too liberal. Lately he has grown more interested in foreign relations, and may some day head in that direction. In any case, he is unlikely to abandon the seminary-bred notion of service. "Do you know that the word 'idiot' comes from the Greek?" asks Moyers, who studied the language in order to read the New Testament firsthand. "It means a man who did not participate in society." He adds: "This is a participant's generation...
...school desegregation decision. Brady, then a state Circuit Court judge, insisted that the decision was "not the law of the land." Said he: "The loveliest and the purest of God's creatures, the nearest thing to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball is a well-bred, cultured Southern white woman, or her blue-eyed, golden-haired little girl." By contrast, he added: "The social, political, economic and religious preferences of the Negro remain close to the caterpillar and the cockroach . . . proper food for a chimpanzee...
...Native Dancer. Russia's Anilin had British ancestors. Ireland's Meadow Court, the 1965 Sweeps winner, boasted a British sire, an American dam, and a trio of owners composed of two Canadians and Bing Crosby. Then there was the U.S.'s Tom Rolfe, bred in Kentucky, with a name that goes all the way back to Pocahontas. His daddy and granddaddy were Italian, and his owner is an American who lives in Ireland...
Everywhere, water troubles have bred a new and urgent interest in the long-neglected science of hydrology. President Johnson has set up a Water Resources Council to study U.S. water needs and oversee conservation; he has set aside up to $275 million for research and the development of an economical system for converting sea water to fresh water. Scientists and industrialists from 58 nations will gather in Washington next week for the first international symposium on water desalinization. For hydrologists, who had to take a back seat during the 1957-58 International Geophysical Year, this burst of attention...
Belonging. The tragedy of Watts was pinpointed last week by Mrs. Guy Miller, a Negro housewife with eight children: "I was born and bred in Watts," she said, "and I'm proud of it. Some of us could move to neighborhoods in Pasadena or on the west side. But we can talk our kind of talk in Watts. Living in Watts gives you a feeling of belonging to something, not always trying to do what white people...