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...chief of detectives after Parker died, Reddin took a battery of tests-for the top post that pitted him against Inspector James G. Fisk, the department's articulate chief of community relations. Fisk had toiled to heal the wounds of Watts, sending white-Negro police teams into ghetto schools, running workshops for gang members, assigning patrolmen to walk around meeting people and "dispel stereotypes." On the test scores, Fisk beat Reddin by a hairline half of 1%. The city's five police commissioners nonetheless picked Reddin for his overall depth and breadth. As deputy chief, Fisk will expand...
...slaughter might have been greater if Harvard hadn't been playing it safe for this. Saturday's Big Three meet at Yale. Coach McCurdy held out 100 ace Trey Burns to give his slightly injured leg a chance to heal...
...also clear that unless the four regions make some gesture toward unity, the present division may harden even further and become totally irreparable. Many observers feel that the only alternative is to accept the East's demands for a loose confederation and hope that time will heal the country's wounds, allowing a gradual extension of federal power. Others feel that Lt. Col. Gowon's proposal that the country be divided into 14 states instead of the present four may offer a way out. Gowon suggests that such a realignment might minimize tribal antagonisms. The details of the plan, however...
...husband's skull shattered by Assassin Lee Harvey Oswald's last-and fatal-shot. Numbed and bewildered, she cradled her husband's head in her lap, sought to cover his gaping wound with her hand-as if by that act she could heal...
...will not be a very merry Christmas for Lyndon Johnson, who returned last week to his Texas ranch to recuperate further from his operation-and to lick some wounds that are harder to heal. With his own party dissatisfied and disunited after its November setback, Johnson was not only being blamed for the defeat but hearing an increasing amount of speculation that he might not run in 1968. Even if he does run, he faces a revived Republican Party that is gaining confidence that it can defeat him, and is busy seeking the best among several jockeying candidates...