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Somewhere along the line, the Mission Rebels drafted an eleven-point manifesto for their generation's hangups. They declared war on "an image that does not give a true picture of youth"; a community that does not give youth a voice in planning; and an environment marred by substandard education, limited training programs, jobs with no future, adult lack of interest and discrimination. Since then, unlike many a youth group elsewhere, they have won most battles in their generational war-plus $82,000 from the Office of Economic Opportunity...
...March 26, 1964, he and Bobby Kennedy signed the eleven-point "Memorandum of Understanding." The key paragraph said that "the completed manuscript shall be reviewed by Mrs. John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, and the text shall not be published unless and until approved by them." Another said that "the book may not be published before Nov. 22, 1968," unless the family agreed. A third ruled that "no motion picture or TV adaptation shall ever be made based on the book," and gave the Kennedys the right of approval over sale of other rights-including magazine serialization...
Bookmakers made Notre Dame an eleven-point favorite, and the spread looked puny at half time. A 25-yd. field goal started off the Notre Dame scor ing-and then Quarterback John Huarte, winner of the Heisman Trophy as the nation's top college player, took charge of the relentless Irish attack. A 21 -yd. pass to All-America End Jack Snow made it 10-0, and a pitchout to Halfback Bill Wolski hiked the score to 17-0. In the Southern Cal dressing room, Coach John McKay tried to buoy up his downhearted Trojans: "If we can score...
...wearing it for the Warriors." For most of the game. Chamberlain might as well not have been on the court. Blood was dripping from a cut on his left hand, and at half time he had scored only twelve points. Midway in the third quarter. Boston had an eleven-point bulge. Then Chamberlain began to hit-a jump shot, a hook, another jump. Point by point, the Warriors whittled away the Celtics' lead...
Panic? Army was lusting for blood. The Middies had trounced the Cadets four straight years-and they were eleven-point favorites to make it five. To rub it in, Navy's gold uniforms had "Drive for Five" lettered on the back. Navy was the nation's No. 2 team. Quarterback Roger Staubach was the most talked about player in college football. Army's quarterback was a converted halfback, Rollie Stichweh, and most of the 102,000 fans in Philadelphia Stadium could not even pronounce his name (it rhymes with which...