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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...came to the Senate from the House, which received it from the Judiciary Committee, which constructed it by fusing President Kennedy's moderate bill with the more ambitious ideas of Congressmen Kastenmeier, Celler, and McCulloch. It consists of eleven Titles, treating voting, education, accomodations, and employment. Titles II and VII have aroused the most controversy, but advocates and opponents agree that few of the Titles can be called minor. The most important Titles...

Author: By Curtis Hessler, | Title: The Civil Rights Act of 1963 | 4/21/1964 | See Source »

Cracks & Leaks. By the time the field reached Cat Cay, 441 miles from Miami, eleven boats were already out of the race. Ragin' Cajun gave up with clutch trouble. Aboard Allied GX, a geyser of steam and water suddenly shot up from the ruptured bilges. The crew watched sadly from a life raft as the $140,000 boat sank in 600 fathoms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Powerboat Racing: V for Victory | 4/17/1964 | See Source »

...third stage of a Thor-Delta rocket burst into flames at Cape Kennedy yesterday injuring eleven men and destroying a satellite built by University astronomers. Three of the injured were in critical condition, two near death, due to severe burns...

Author: By Peter Cummings, | Title: Rocket Explodes at Cape Kennedy, Was Part of Harvard-Led Project | 4/15/1964 | See Source »

Never Bored. In 41 years on the New York Times, and before that for eleven years on the Staten Island Advance, Drebinger's first love has been put to the test. He has watched some 6,800 big-league games in just about every ballpark in the land. From 1929 through 1963, he took in every World Series game-203 in all. The American League Yankees invested this procession with a certain sameness by playing in 22 of the 35 series and by winning 17. Drebinger did not mind. He loves the Yankees best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sportswriters: The Long Seasons | 4/10/1964 | See Source »

...cash for "the starving people in Ireland." Nowadays about 15% of its membership is non-Jewish. Unlike Christian Ys, this one has been unabashedly coed since World War II. Mixing is the rule in everything from the swimming pool to the residence halls, which in a recent year produced eleven engagements that broke the shower-giving Happy Day Fund...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adult Education: 92nd Street's 90th | 4/10/1964 | See Source »

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