Word: localize
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Born 48 years ago in Charleston, W. Va., where his father was a coal-mining engineer. Stockly's first bid for fame was on the baseball diamond. Because he was so small, he was a pitcher's despair. A local sportswriter dubbed him "Fly's Eyelash Stockly." However, in time he grew and now stands (unslouched) a respectable...
...status of U.S. troops in all 13 NATO countries. Of these, Britain was the only one which had an official agreement in force giving members of the U.S. armed forces the right to be tried only by U.S. military courts. In the other NATO countries, the extent of local jurisdiction over U.S. troops varied, regulated by a mass of conflicting local agreements...
Floyd County, Ky., whose 55,000 poor, proud and clannish hill folk are mostly descended straight from early English settlers, is such a political museum. Last week 144 Floyd County citizens were running for local office and campaigning (at funerals, churches and front doors) for the August primary. The following pieces of political advertising, run in the Floyd County Times, reflected the old-fashioned tone of the contests...
...local board does not have the heart to induct other boys of this county into active service when Mr. Beamer [is] allowed to remain at home through apparent political influence...
When it heard of the local board's resignation, Selective Service headquarters in Washington quickly disallowed Procter & Gamble's request. Congressman Beamer, who represents Indiana's Fifth District (including Wabash County), protested that neither he nor his son "contacted Selective Service on any level in an effort to secure deferment," and charged that the county board's action was political. And in Honolulu, where he is honeymooning, young Beamer said-and he was probably right-that he expected to be drafted soon...