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After Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith Jr. was killed by an Illinois lynch mob in 1844, Brigham Young led 10,000 of his followers on the great westward trek to the land of Zion that became Utah. Not all of the new religionists went with him. Denouncing Young as a usurper, a little band of Smith's disciples stayed in the Midwest to form the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, which last week opened its biennial world conference at its dome-topped headquarters in Independence...
...entries: "One page done. I can't see! I can't hear! God!" "Something is dying in me to make this book live on paper." Unfortunately, Grubb was unable to keep such anguished hyperbole confined to his journal. It gushes throughout the book, which is about the lynch-murder of a Negro boy in a small Southern town. At its best, Grubb's imagery is impressive and his prose is lyrical. But his uncontrolled bombast, his near-hysterical characters, and his determination to leave no grit unhominized often make the cliché-ridden novel read like...
After competing at Philadelphia against the strongest teams in the East today, the Crimson trackmen will fly to Hanover to join their teammates in Saturday's meet against Dartmouth. There is a strong possibility, however, that Tony Lynch, Chris Pardee, and Walt Hewlett may be allowed to remain in Philadelphia Saturday to participate in their specialities...
...today's events at Penn, Lynch and sophomore Frank Haggerty will run in the 440-yard intermediate hurdles. Lynch, on the basis of his 51.3 time at Princeton last week, will be the favorite although you never know what the likes of Morgan State, Villanova, or Maryand can produce...
...runs at Penn Saturday in the light hurdles, Lynch will have to better his 14.3 time at Princeton in order to place. Boston University's Dave Hemery, Lynch's exceptional rival in both hurdles, will not run because of a tender...