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...Challenger Jimmy Carter, a unanimous 15-round decision over Lightweight Champion Lauro Salas, to regain the title he lost to Salas last May; in Chicago. Salas, planning to keep his crown the same way he won it-by covering up in the early rounds and letting Carter tire-never got a chance to try such tactics. Carter blasted his way in, hurt Salas in Rounds 3 & 7, was the aggressor in all rounds except Nos. 11 & 12, when Salas rallied. Toward the end, far ahead on points, Carter coasted to victory...
Unable to draw a crowd in his own part of the country, Carter fought in Los Angeles' Olympic Auditorium. Some 7,000 fans, mostly Mexicanos, turned up to watch the fight, not because of Carter, but because of Carter's opponent: Mexican-born Lauro Salas, unknown nationally, but known locally as Asaltador de Gigantes (loose translation: the giant killer). The first time the two met last month, Champion Carter cut the giant killer down to size, though Carter was dumped to the canvas in Round 15. The knockdown earned Salas a rematch...
...Slender Lauro Salas, featherweight from Mexico, pulled the upset of the year last night when he wrested the World Lightweight Championship from Jimmy Carter of New York in 15 rounds at the Olympic Auditorium...
Boxing (Wed. 10 p.m., CBS). Lightweight championship bout: Jimmy Carter v. Lauro Salas...
...least. But it was the hearings for repeal which began in March, 1936 that were really characterized by the circus tempo associated with the Teacher's Oath controversy. The Boston Herald reported they "were probably the most noisy and colorful in State House history." Gaetano Salvemini, then Lauro de Bosis Lecturer on the History of Italian Civilization, could scarcely be heard at a session March 18 because of the uproar, part of which was in his support and most own which was against him because he was not as yet an American citizen...