Word: jim
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...week Defense Secretary Robert McNamara announced a long overdue program to eliminate "humiliating discrimination" in off-base housing against Negro G.I.s who are often forced to travel long distances to and from their Southern bases. It might even ease the complaint of the Air Cav's Jim Hamlet, who refuses to accept post-Viet Nam duty in the segregated South -"although some of the best jobs in Army aviation are there...
...bagful of electoral votes largely because of Democratic strength in Philadelphia. But in the same election last week that showed Shafer's strength, Philadelphia Democrats displayed dismal disunity: the regular party's nominee for mayor, Alexander Hemphill, was beaten nearly 2 to 1 by Mayor Jim Tate for the Democratic nomination. Republican Arlen Specter now is the favorite to become the first G.O.P. mayor in Philadelphia in 16 years. If that happens, said Senator Scott, "I don't see how the President can carry Pennsylvania next year...
...difficulty of lengthy reading assignments. An Indian girl took one look at the teeming campus, grabbed the next bus to her home in Yakima, 234 miles away, and had to be coaxed back. The group's first-quarter grade average was 1.8, and most were placed on probation. Jim Shoaf, who would like to become a jet pilot, is one of those on probation, seems more interested in his motorcycle than in his studies. A Negro girl stared at the Fs on her report card, ran to her dormitory room and attempted suicide...
Also at the banquet, senior Andy Cahners was awarded the William Nelson Unsung Hero trophy. Improvement awards went to a fleet of distance men, Jim Baker, Doug Hardin, and Spider McLoone. Other recipients of track silverware were Wayne Anderson. Dave McKelvey, Randy Thompson, Bill Jewett, Ron Wilson, Dick Benka, Frank Haggerty, and Steve Schoonover...
...sophomore to be so honored in recent years, the diminutive Nicosia -- only 5-7, 165 lbs. -- was the big man in the late season success of the Crimson stickmen. He ended up the third high scorer on the team, playing most of the year on the second line with Jim Kilkowski and Tom Engel...