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Dickie's inspiration comes from his father, Dean Gordon Moss of Longwood College in Farmville, the county seat. For four lonely years, in letters, speeches and interviews, Dean Moss has urged his fellow citizens to reopen public schools. He has been snubbed, ostracized, threatened-all to his son's increasing admiration. Sent earlier to school outside the county, Dickie is putting in his senior year at the free high school for a simple reason: "This was something I could do for my father. He has fought this battle fof a long time...
...tournament final Sullivan will face the winner of a semifinal match between Frank Ripley, the number two man for the Crimson, and captain-elect Sandy Walker, the number six player. Ripley and Walker will meet Sunday morning at the Longwood Cricket Club...
...Eight days more, and Margaret Davis, 60, was discovered manually strangled in a cheap hotel room. On Aug. 21, Ida Irga, 75, was throttled with a pillowcase; her body was found on her living-room floor. And on Aug. 30, Jane Sullivan, 67, a nurse's aide at Longwood Hospital, was discovered strangled with two knotted stockings. At this point, every aging Boston woman who lived alone was in fear of her life...
...Louis' durable, blonde Carol Hanks. 19: the National Indoor singles, doubles and mixed doubles tennis titles-a clean sweep-at Longwood Covered Courts in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Carol teamed with Chauncey Steele III in the mixed doubles and with home-town Friend Mary Ann Eisel, 16, in the doubles, needed only 36 min. to dust off Mary Ann, 6-2, 6-2. in the singles final...
...Crimson's Sullivan had played a squash match the morning of the finals, and the Tournament was his first week of tennis since the squash season began. "He played all right, but you can't mix tennis shots with squash shots," observed Ralph Chambers, Longwood...