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Stoutly unswayed are the court's four hard-core moderates: - Chief Judge Tuttle, 67, a native Californian, who has lived in Atlanta since graduating from Cornell Law School in 1923. A former G.O.P. state chairman of Georgia, Tax Lawyer Tuttle was the U.S. Treasury Department's general counsel when Eisenhower appointed him to the court in 1954. As the senior man under 70, Tuttle became chief judge in 1961 when the overworked Rives relinquished the job. Tough-minded Tuttle is regarded as one of the fairest, most efficient judges...
...spring training Parseghian wandered around the field like an Arab horse trader. He spent hundreds of hours studying last year's game films, analyzing each man's potential. Finally one day he sauntered up to John Huarte, a quiet Californian who had played just 50 minutes of football in two years, and said: "John, you're my quarterback for the season. I don't care if you throw six interceptions in the first game. You're my quarterback. You're gonna live with me ten weeks this fall." Parseghian's next visit was with Jack Snow...
...reasons of race or creed in the sale or rental of much state real estate, was wiped from the books. Moreover, future attempts to act against any sort of housing discrimination-whether by state, city or county officials-was in effect forbidden. Proposition 14 affirms the right of any Californian to sell or rent his home to whomever he pleases...
...Proposition's advocates never allude to race, presenting the measure as a "free property issue." The strategy is intelligent, for the sprawling tract-developments of the state's suburbias have made almost every Californian a homeowner. The emphasis on "freedom" has even confused many Negros...
...quote George Murphy on farm labor: "Mexicans are really good at that. They are built low to the ground, you see, so it is easier for them to stoop [Oct. 16]." As a Californian of Mexican descent, I wish to assure Candidate Murphy that I am just tall enough to reach that old ballot...