Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...tomorrow"*) to show that someone past 30, or even 42, can indeed understand the alienation of the young. In Alabama, he condemned "anarchy" and "those who burn and loot"; in Tennessee, he lamented that "machine guns have fired at American children" (his aides said he was referring to the Detroit riot...
...beaten him every time. Ter-Ovanesyan has been sitting it out back home. Two months ago in Kansas City, Beamon sailed 27 ft. 1 in. to break the world indoor mark of 27 ft. set by the Russian in 1966. Two weeks ago, at the N.C.A.A. championships in Detroit, Beamon rubbed salt in the wound with a leap...
...dollar-threatening payments deficit uncurbed. Last week Federal Reserve Board Chairman William McChesney Martin summed up the result in gloomy terms. "We are faced with a budgetary problem that has been getting progressively worse-a sad progression toward undermining the currency," he told the Economic Club of Detroit. "The dollar is stronger than gold, but like it or not, the world no longer has the confidence in the dollar that it once had. People doubt that we can handle our own affairs." Economist Raymond Saulnier, who was chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Eisenhower Administration, took sharp...
...Boston Celtics downed the Detroit Pistons last night, 135-110, to even the semifinal playoffs of the Eastern Division at two games each. The Rangers beat the Boston Bruins 5-4 and virtually clinched second place in the National Hockey League's Eastern Division...
Sharpshooting guards Dave Bing and Jimmy Walker rallied the Detroit Pistons from a 52-48 deficit at half-time to a 109-98 victory over the Boston Celtics Wednesday night at the Garden. The win gave Detroit a 2-1 advantage in the NBA Eastern Division semifinal playoffs. The best-of-seven series resumes Thursday night in Detroit...