Word: illing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...watching other people ride around." The outside world intruded when the schools were ordered integrated in 1970. Mrs. Powell, a teacher for 30 years, was one of the few whites to stay in the public school system, and her family stood behind her. Powell's father Joe, incurably ill with cancer, committed suicide two years ago. "Joe was so proud of Jody." Mrs. Powell told TIME'S Larry Woods. "One of the greatest disappointments of our lives is that he wasn't around to see Carter's victory...
...spread, telephoned Dutch authorities over a special line: "All the children will be freed. You may arrange the necessary transportation." After examining the released youngsters, Dutch doctors feared that some may have contracted meningitis. One ailing teacher was also released; the other four remained captive, though they were reportedly ill as well...
Died. Alfred Schild, 55, founder of the Center for Relativity Theory at the University of Texas whose work advanced understanding of such concepts as the formation of galaxies, alternative theories of gravitation, and quantum mechanics; of an apparent heart attack; in Downers Grove, Ill...
...doctors-to insist on shots for youngsters. Though every state except Wyoming, Iowa and Idaho has regulations requiring measles protection, schools-the best places to screen children-do not always demand proof of vaccinations. Also, says Dr. Jean Lockhart, an official of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Evanston, Ill., if children are not inoculated early in life, they are likely to be left unprotected because they no longer see doctors as frequently. Adds Dr. Colette Rasmussen of the Cook County, Ill., public health department: "Too often the disease is looked upon as a sickness all children once...
Braden's notion of the miserable, duty-whipped jogger is hard to support by talking to the runners themselves. In farm country near Aurora, Ill., a couple of weeks ago, 17 souls who could have been sitting in front of the tube with six-packs smeared Vaseline on their feet, to ward off blisters, and loped off for a 50-mile foot race. The temperature was close to 90°. By the 20-mile mark, 35-year-old Romance Language Teacher Alberto Meza gave up and rolled under a faucet in the Johnson's Mound Forest Preserve. Water...