Word: gibsons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...NAACP lost the lawsuit last September when a Mississippi judge awarded $1.25 million to white merchants in Port Gibson, Miss. The merchants sued the NAACP for damages which occurred during a 1966 boycott protesting discrimination against blacks...
...NAACP is appealing a lawsuit it lost last September when a Mississippi court judge awarded $1.25 million to white merchants in Port Gibson, Miss. The shop owners had sued the NAACP for damages resulting from a 1966 boycott that protested discrimination against blacks...
...cars that high school parking lots are jammed. As suburban mothers do across the country, Hinsdale's decry the time they spend behind the wheel. And well they should: they clock between 6,000 and 8,000 miles a year simply shuttling around the area. Says Mrs. James Gibson, wife of a psychiatrist and mother of four girls: "Everything is event-oriented with children here. Dozens of full-sized station wagons roll just to get teenagers to their parties...
What with the chauffeuring of kids, shopping excursions, trips to tennis and golf clubs twenty or more minutes away and frequent journeys to summer houses in Wisconsin or Michigan, the gasoline bills are enormous. Mrs. Gibson averages $55 a month for her 1976 Chevrolet Chevelle sedan, which gets 16 miles to the gallon. Her husband spends double that for his 12 m.p.g. Mercedes, which he uses for commuting. John Schmeltzer, editor of the local Suburban Trib, believes that car-buying, if not car-driving, habits are slowly changing. Says he: "People have come down from the huge Cadillacs to Buicks...
...cognizant of saving energy. We put up awnings, caulked our windows and used exhaust fans instead of air conditioning last summer when the temperature was below 78°. We could consider solar energy. The tax incentive rang noisy bells in our heads-we are being clobbered on taxes." Mrs. Gibson plans to respond to Carter's challenge by calling in an architect to consult on insulation and on the hot water supply...