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Tiger catcher Bill Freehan set the scene for the whole tragi-comic affair by bouncing a freak single off the third base bag. Red Sox starter Ray Culp. who had pitched out of jams in the first and second innings, dug himself in again by walking Jim Northrup...
Though scarcely typical, the case of the ex-convict is no freak. Of the 16,627 people General Motors has hired for its 23 Detroit-area plants since last summer's riots, 39% are Negroes; and hundreds of the newcomers would hitherto have been classified as unemployable. Even before last week's presidential riot commission report (see THE NATION) called on private industry to create at least 1,000,000 new jobs for ghetto dwellers, a rising number of businessmen were striving toward that...
...response to these questions represents the weakest point in the Administration's case. "Review of action makes many reported contacts and torpedoes fired appear doubtful," wired Captain John Herrick, commander of the patrol. "Freak weather effects and overeager sonarman may have accounted for many reports. No actual visual sightings by Maddox, suggest complete evaluation before any further action." With access to classified information, Herrick has since changed his mind. McNamara says that he has "unimpeachable" intelligence, probably intercepted North Vietnamese radio messages, to verify independently not only that Hanoi planned an attack on the U.S. destroyers but also that...
...Elis reorganized between the first and second periods and came out looking like a different team. But Harvard scored once again at 5:07 on a freak play when George McManama dumped the puck into the Yale end from well behind the blue line. Holahan reached down for the skittering puck, which took a cricket-hop over his glove and into...
Left to Right. Is Video Boy a freak in the making? The question frankly baffles many parents. Though they may admit that TV can expose new channels of experience, there is still the lingering fear that some day Video Boy is going to tie a towel around his neck and try to fly off the garage roof like Bat Fink; or, if somebody crosses him in the playground, he may poke his fingers in his eyes in the style of the Three Stooges. But mostly, with misty recollections of taffy pulls and swimming holes, parents are bothered by a vague...