Word: clark
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...them. Protestants, for their part, grew more suspicious than ever that the rioting was a "popish" plot to reunite the two Irelands. Though such a solution is unlikely, the bloody outbursts raised the question of whether Northern Ireland could endure under its present government. Prime Minister Major James Chichester-Clark referred to the crisis as "our darkest hour...
Free-for-AII. That crisis might well have been averted by Chichester-Clark himself. After two outbreaks of violence in the past month, both Catholic and Protestant moderates called on him to ban sectarian demonstrations, including last week's annual parade to celebrate the end of the Catholic siege of Londonderry in 1689 (see box). In past years the parade, sponsored by the militantly Protestant Orange Order, has frequently deteriorated into a virulent, Catholic-baiting free-for-all. Chichester-Clark chose not to cancel the parade...
Halfway House. Appearing on television, Chichester-Clark denounced "sinister elements - anarchists and others" for starting the fighting. Two days later, voicing the deep Protestant suspicion that any British help would lead to a loss of majority control, he warned Parliament: "Those who cry so loudly for British intervention see it as a halfway house to the long-sought goal of an Irish Republic...
...have the same records in previous rounds. The winner of the first place prize was Sandy Zabell who won all five of his matches. Herbert Kirst won the second place prize of $5, winning four of his five matches. In a four-way tie for third place were Clark Slemon, Julio Burunat, Chuck Scappaticci, and Jonathan Gray...
Many viewers presumably tune in not for the comedy but for the country-and-Western songs that fill up nearly one-third of Hee Haw's air time. There are top-name guests, and the hosts themselves are no slouches. Roy Clark-the one who looks like a heftier Sander Van-ocur-was twice the national banjo champion. Guitarist-Composer Buck Owens-the cross between Andy Griffith and George Segal-is a leading country recording artist...