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...newspaper properly serving either its readers, its community or the interests of the Negro when it masks the fact that there is a heavier crime rate among Negroes than whites? In New York City, for example, it would come as a surprise to most newspaper readers that Negroes comprise 10% of the population but commit about 35% of the crime.*Says a police official in a big California city: "Sixty percent of our crime lies squarely in [the Negroes'] lap, and the papers ought to show the community what the crime problem is and where...
...result was the Vicon, which was being offered last week to ear specialists for free testing. Because of Victoreen's highly individual theories about sound transmission and reproduction, the Vicon contains not one microphone but four. With four batteries it is bulkier and heavier (6½ oz.) than other transistor aids. Doctors do not object to this; they generally deplore the fad for smallness and concealment. Men wear it under their shirts, suspended from a harness around their necks; women can clip it to a reinforced shoulder strap...
TRUCK RATES are going up, possibly as much as 15%, to offset heavier taxes, increased costs. According to ICC figures, profits of 900 truck lines slipped 50% in 1956's first quarter...
Michigan State's men tried the T, the split T, and the single wing. But none moved consistently against Stanford's solidly briefed and heavier line. At half time the score was tied 7-7. Daugherty had a new tactic ready. Coming out for the second half his team shifted to a weird formation-a single wing to the right with the line unbalanced to the left. Disconcerted and caught unprepared, the rugged Stanford line split wide open. State's Halfback Clarence Peaks knifed ruthlessly between linemen cut down by blockers they never saw. Before the Stanford...
COTTON SURPLUS, growing since 1951, will probably level off this year, says Agriculture Department. Despite slightly bigger crops, prospects are that heavier exports (double the 2,200,000 bales in 1955) and steady domestic use (9,200,000 bales) will push total consumption 25% ahead of last year, enough so that 1957 cotton carryover will be slightly less than last year's record 14.1 million bales...