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...declared invalid in the courtroom, after patient argument by the N.A.A.C.P., only to remain in force in practice. To fight segregation in their own way, young Negroes have organized themselves into a federation called the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ("Snick'' for short). Snick is led by a Chicagoan, James Forman, 33. It provides the shock troops of the civil rights front, organizes sit-ins, holds demonstrations and boycotts anti-Negro stores...
Francisco when ten U.S. pacifists (later joined by 20 others in Europe) set out on foot for Russia. They were sponsored by the Committee for Nonviolent Action, which preaches nonviolent opposition against nuclear armament and is financed by "voluntary contributions." The marchers ranged from a 33-year-old Chicagoan named Bradford Lyttle, who has served one year in jail for refusing to register with the draft, to the 48-year-old mother of U.S. Chess Prodigy Bobby Fischer (said she: "He's very annoyed with me for getting into this...
...Jacob ("Little Jack") Guzik. Anthony ("Tough Tony") Accardo. and Murray ("The Camel") Humphreys. Charging that one of Kelly's underlings had been driven to a suicide attempt by efforts to prevent him from testifying, the subcommittee chairman, Arkansas Democrat John McClellan, wondered aloud if the bulky, balding Chicagoan were not "the lowest scum of humanity" and if he had "no sympathy at all for your fellow man." Replied Kelly to both questions: "I decline to answer on grounds that my answer might tend to incriminate...
...Mieczyslaw Stephen Szymczak (whose calling cards explain, "pronounced Simchak"), a change in employers brought no change in function. Appointed by F.D.R. in 1933, Chicagoan Szymczak, 66, served on the Federal Reserve's board of governors for 28 years-a record bound to last, since governors of the Fed are now limited to a single 14-year term. Szymczak resigned to become a consultant to C. J. Devine & Co., dealers in Government securities. At Devine he "will simply explain what is going on in the economy . . . I don't claim to know the answers, but I know the walks...
...onetime law student who flunked his exams and then scattered himself into a series of miscellaneous jobs (shoe clerk, cigar-counter man, etc.), Chicagoan Newhart learned the beginnings of his trade on the telephone, is still fond of it as a basic tool. He would call a friend and "try to break him up," making tapes of the conversations. The tapes were so funny that local radio stations bought them as "ratings boosters" to help raise the level of disk-jockey programs. On last year's Emmy Award program his Lincoln phone call stopped the show...