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...step in the 17-year process of federal judicial and Administrative pressure that began with the 1954 decision defining officially sanctioned separate school systems as inherently unequal and thus unconstitutional. It was not until 1968 that the court lost patience with the slow pace of desegregation and gave a curt answer to the question of when it must be completed: "Now." Last week's decision addressed the question of how -and the answer, in effect, was "any way that works...
...Curt of Curtwel Enterprises is now separated from the Wel. Patrick Curtis has left Raquel Welch. Patrick, who has a distinctive acting record of his own (he played Olivia de HaviIland's baby in Gone With the Wind), discerned Raquel's talents when she was a nothing and hard-sold her into a Something. Said Raquel to an interviewer: " 'Ho-ho,' I say to him. 'You look like a real nasty Svengali. Aren't I glad you pulled me out of the gutter when I was just lying there with no teeth and flat...
...white block letters on a funeral black background, a sign in the employment office of Lockheed's Marietta, Ga., plant carries a curt message: NO JOBS AVAILABLE, SALARY OR HOURLY. In the past 18 months, 12,000 Lockheed workers have been dismissed. Typical of them, Larry Cline, an $8,500-a-year assembler, was given only two days' notice that he was through. That was six months ago. For most of the time since then, he has measured out his days in a gray, boring round of job-hunting, shopping and cooking. His wife Linda has taken work...
...Curt Tucker and Mike Thomas are both battling for starting positions," Park said. "Bernhard and Hampe are limping a little right now with leg injuries, so Tucker and Thomas will see plenty of action down in Florida...
...simple numerical strength of eight pitchers gives the Crimson an added advantage this spring. Last year Kelly, Curt Tucker, and Pete Bernhard were developed as fielders and pitchers. This year's depth gives Park the material to work at each spot in the lineup without shuffling other positions...