Word: camped
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...nation's conscience, but it was clearly headed for trouble. An air of bedlam hung over the encampment. There were too few shelters. Sewage lines were uncompleted. Only two shower units were available to the nearly 1,000 people on hand at week's end. But the camp site had its amenities too. There were power lines, portable latrines and phone booths. A big blue-topped tent was pitched to serve as a mess hall. Mobile clinics were scheduled to wheel up to dispense medical, dental and psychiatric care. Resurrection City even boasted the ultimate insignia of identity...
...there is inspiration, it comes in small doses. The predominant theme is "dropping by to see how things are going." So far the players have included: Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, Stokely Carmichael, Sen. Charles Percy (R-Ill.), and New York Mayor John Lindsay. The personality types tour the camp, shake hands, smile broadly, and leave. That...
Army grabbed first in two key middle-distance races. Its Tom Rabaut led Jeff Huvelle and Dave McKelvey with a 47.8 clocking in the 440, and the Black Knights' Greg Camp edged Trey Burns and Jim Baker in the 880 with a 1.49.5. Army also swept the 220 for nine quick points...
...largest cash tender offers ever made; at $85 per share, it also meant that Ling, to ensure quick action, was paying a big bonus on shares that opened last week at $50, closed at $77, thereby moved up 27 points in five days as the camp followers took quick advantage of the war games. And since...
...inside the camp if you know Miller and ask one of the marshals (everyone seems to be a marshal), but otherwise you have to stay out, except for periodic "press tours." The people from SCLC don't like you to interview the people inside. On Wednesday they were putting up snow fences to keep the crowd away, but if you have a camera you can take a press tour...