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...Ogle turned up with a 17-ft. catamaran powered by five 85-h.p. McCulloch engines, capable of doing 102 m.p.h. Only slightly less potent was U-707, a 17-ft. cat with three 105-h.p. Chryslers, and driven by a trio of leadfoots calculated to inspire respect: Major William Knight, holder of the world air speed record (4,534 m.p.h.), Lee Taylor, holder of the water speed record (285 m.p.h.), and Craig Breedlove, the land speed record holder (600 m.p.h...
Speaking at a Harvard Law School Forum on "Abortion: the Issues," Guttmacher said, "Seventy per cent of the illegal abortions in the country are performed by reputable physicians, each thinking himself a knight in white armor...
WHEN I HAVE A SON by Charlotte Zolotow, illustrated by Hilary Knight (Harper & Row; $1.95). This small book, highly reminiscent of Mr. Knight's best-known Eloise, will be fun for both child and parent. "My son," says John, speaking for all young boys, "won't have to take piano. He'll never have to go to sleep till he finishes the chapter, and he can have triple malteds just before dinner...
...Milwaukee, where Negroes are caroling, "I'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas," the most publicized white leader in the new wave takes the position that peace, not violence, is the prospect. Says Father James E. Groppi, the Roman Catholic priest whose Negro followers call him "Ajax, the White Knight": "Black solidarity is a black identity to combat what is going on all around us. This is the prelude to real brotherhood and justice. Power is essential to black people in that with it they can move to a position to demand what is theirs. It teaches respect, and respect...
Died. Thomas Sweet, 38, movie stuntman and hard-riding "white knight" of the TV commercial for Ajax detergent; of injuries when his private plane crashed against a mountain ridge; near Little Lake, Calif...