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...cities, according to the FBI tally for 1956, Negroes, making up 10% of the U.S. population, accounted for about 30% of all arrests, and 60% of the arrests for crimes involving violence or threat of bodily harm-murder, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. In one city after another, the figures-where they are not hidden or suppressed by politicians-reveal a shocking pattern. Items...
...father of the white boy cooled down, signed a paper saying that Minnie Lee Baskin had meant no harm. Appealing to the State Board of Education for reinstatement, Teacher Baskin said that she had resigned under duress. But when the board put off its hearing because it had not received the proper papers, knowing Lakelanders smiled cynically...
...Good-Matured Devil. Dermot has been a hero in the I.R.A. raids, and marked for promotion, but three things give him second thoughts. He is a "good-natured devil without hate or harm in him," and he has grievously wounded a man. Also he has discovered that his I.R.A. company commandant, the crippled village bicycle mechanic, is a malignant fanatic. Most important, Dermot is a pious lad, and the church has come down like thunder on the I.R.A...
Farm. Ignoring panicky pleas from farm-state Republicans, the President put principle over politics, vetoed a Democratic bill freezing 1958 supports at 1957 levels. In his veto message he explained why the bill would do farmers more harm than good. From the land came kudos for his courage...
...mainly because of bad weather. But at Atlanta's hard-selling Rich's department store, sales are even with last year. Businessmen count on their growing market, lower labor costs and the efficient new plants built by migrating Northern industry to carry them through the recession without harm. "I take a real deep breath of relief." says Southern Co. President Harlee Branch Jr., whose company still has record demand for electric power, "when I get away from those damned pessimistic New Yorkers...