Word: jims
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...predominantly black local college that left one student dead. Nothing in Greensboro's past, however, came close to what happened last week: a Shootout between Ku Klux Klansmen and anti-Klan protesters in which four people were killed and nine were wounded. The city's mayor, Jim Melvin, called it "one of the most hideous acts in America...
...shotguns cleared the streets. "We moved as soon as we could," insisted Police Chief William Swing in response to mounting criticism. "Until we saw weapons, no laws had been violated." All of the dead were anti-Klan demonstrators: Sandra Smith of Piedmont, S.C., and Caesar Cauce, William Samson and Jim Waller, residents of Greensboro. Wounded were two Klansmen and eight demonstrators, including Bermanzohn. Police arrested 14 people, including two marchers and twelve Klansmen. The Klan members were charged with murder. One demonstrator was charged with inciting to riot, the other with interfering with an officer...
Chrysler also played politics in its pursuit of aid. The company not only recruited Michigan's congressional delegation, led by Senator Don Riegle and Congressman Jim Blanchard, to press its case on Capitol Hill but also dispatched a team of high-powered lobbyists to work up House and Senate support. Much of the pressuring was concentrated on Wisconsin's Proxmire, who had let it be known that he would be in no great hurry to have his committee report out an aid bill before Christmas. Though Proxmire's opposition to the bailout is genuine enough, by last...
...doubt about it," says Cleary. As many as ten freshmen will be on the squad when the season starts November 20 against Northeastern, led by a core of returning sophomores and juniors. The familiar names are gone, names like the Hughes Corporation (George and Jackie), Gino Purdy, captain Jim Cochrane. Only three seniors remain...
...went with three lines in the past because the depth wasn't there"--Cleary), and the rookies are supposed to be slick, speedy, and most important, goal-hungry. The new names--Greg Britz, Rob Burns, David Connors, Greg Olson (Mitch's brother), Neil Sheehy (brother of the NHLer), Jim Turner--join old names like Burke, Mike Watson, Tom Murray and Bob McDonald to give the Crimson "some pretty good forward lines," Cleary says, and at least an outside shot at the revamped ECAC Division I playoffs...