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...Helen is a bingo freak. She plays Tuesdays in Kisco, Thursdays in Lincolndale, and Fridays in Katonah, all within a 15-mile radius of her home. What Baltimore is to lacrosse, Northern Westchester is to bingo...
...Helen, who is 83, arrives early at the Legion in Kisco. For one thing there are a lot of steps in front of the building, and things get pretty jammed up when 125 freaks show up, most of them at least 50 years old. In addition, Helen needs time to buy her $10 worth of cards, tape them all to the table in front of her, and get her red markers ready...
Soon the mixing machine starts throwing around the numbered ping pong balls, which are picked out one by one by Jack, the caller. The sweat is rolling out of Helen's sleeveless dress and down her arm. She's oblivious; all she reacts to are the numbers...
Over a thousand dollars was given away that night, but there was nothing for Helen. Poor Helen...
White liberals in the target nations, particularly South Africa, were anguished. "This is no way to make a contribution to the solution of the problem of racialism," said Helen Suzman, the South African Parliament's fiercest foe of apartheid. Methodist Leader Tom Parker despaired of support for such action by followers of "a Saviour who spilt no drop of blood but his own." W.C.C. member churches in South Africa all opposed the grants but decided not to quit the council. Prime Minister B.J. Vorster then warned darkly of "government action" if they did not. Last week the white Presbyterian...