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...passed by the House last summer, the Administration's civil rights bill was a relatively modest measure designed to protect Negroes and civil rights workers engaged in such civic activities as registering to vote and performing jury duties. In the Senate, however, the bill underwent almost alchemistic changes. All but assured of final passage this week in the upper chamber, the measure could become a legislative landmark in the Negro's progress toward genuinely equal citizenship...
...modern-minded National Ballet of Washington, D.C., performed 26 different dances last year while building its season to 94 performances. During its 45-week season, the Utah Civic Ballet plays to an audience of more than 90,000. Like many regional troupes, the Cincinnati Civic Ballet, which has 475 students presently in its school, imports such stellar guests as the New York City Ballet's Violetta Verdy and Edward Villella. It is only fitting. As part of a vast farm system for the larger companies, Cincinnati supplied Balanchine with his reigning ballerina, Suzanne Farrell...
...fellow bankers may frown on such flamboyance, but they can only marvel at his accomplishments. In 21 years as president of Georgia's Citizens & Southern National Bank, he has certified himself not only as a leading innovator in U.S. banking, but also as Atlanta's most colorful civic leader. Under his command, Citizens & Southern has grown into the biggest bank (assets: $1.3 billion) in the Deep South, and Lane restlessly continues to expand its operations both inside Georgia and out. This week, for example, he plans to fly to the Caribbean for the formal opening...
...between East and West, the East has won 17, the West has won 13, and four have ended in ties. Finances? Four weeks ago in Pittsburgh, 12,563 fans turned out to watch the fledgling Penguins tie the old Toronto Maple Leafs 3-3-although the seating capacity at Civic Arena is only 12,507. The Philadelphia Flyers have been averaging 9,000 paid admissions per game; General Manager Bud Poile beams happily: "This game has really arrived in Philadelphia. The fans have started to boo us and the refs." In St. Louis, Blues Vice President Sid Salomon III says...
...them to take a job there. Leaders of the Florida association even urged businesses to open no new branches in the state, unsuccessfully opposed Miami's effort to bring the 1968 Republican National Convention there. An N.E.A. task force toured six of Florida's largest cities, urging civic and business leaders to lobby for a special legislative session devoted to school problems...