Word: elston
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...plea to the President was proposed as an amendment to Mumma's original eight point resolution by Gerhard Elston, an official of the National Council of Churches. In what Mumma calls a "good and powerful statement," Elston asked President Johnson to "recognize the dilemma of conscience of persons sworn to silence" about dealings with the intelligence agency, by releasing them from their oaths...
...under" its current over-the-counter value of $14.50. Robinson intends to open a string of agencies in Negro neighborhoods, says that "so often Negroes pay more for insurance than others do." He has already talked to such fellow celebrities as Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Hank Aaron and Elston Howard, wants them to become partners in local Hamilton agencies, make the rounds with salesmen "to open the doors...
...ELSTON BROOKS...
...Lopez calls "the best-balanced team I have ever coached." Last week the injury-ridden Yanks (TIME, May 14) were languishing in eighth place, taking their lumps from the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators. Outfielder Roger Maris was still out with a pulled muscle in his thigh; Catcher Elston Howard, his right arm in a cast, was earning his keep as a TV announcer. Star Pitcher Whitey Ford (1964 record: 17-6) lost his fourth straight game and was banished briefly to the bullpen-prompting one wag to remark, "This year, the bullpen is mightier than the Ford...
...Kansas City), and sick pay was costing $1,440 a day. Mickey Mantle, at $100,000 a year, was resting his aching legs on the bench. Roger Maris, a $72,000-a-year man, was sprawled in an easy chair in Independence, Mo., nursing a pulled hamstring muscle. Catcher Elston Howard, $70,000 worth of talent, was out of action for six weeks after an operation for bone chips in his elbow. To replace Howard, the Yankees shipped two players off to Kansas City in exchange for H. R. ("Doc") Edwards, whose credentials include a lifetime batting average...