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...feature about Wilt was that he was the world's tallest Uncle Tom, which I believe forever made him unable to cope with Bill Russell on or off the basketball court." There are also some nice vignettes about people like Mayor Daley of Chicago and former Georgia governor Lester Maddox, and others of that...

Author: By Andy Quigley, | Title: Winner and Still Champ | 12/3/1975 | See Source »

...Governor and lost to Democrat Lester Maddox. Two years later, as chairman of Richard Nixon's campaign in the South, Callaway suggested that George Wallace join forces with Nixon, implying that their views were similar. The mistake so angered Nixon strategists that Callaway was barred from any Administration job until 1973, when he became Army Secretary and distinguished himself by successfully organizing the volunteer army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: I Think I Can Help Jerry Ford' | 10/27/1975 | See Source »

...Elliott Maddox doubled home a disputed run in the third inning and Chris Chambliss drove in two runs in the ninth to help the streaking New York Yankees to their eighth straight victory, 4-1, over the Chicago White...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE YESTERDAY | 6/9/1975 | See Source »

...Yankees, the counsel offered by Pitcher George ("Doc") Medich is probably even more worthwhile. Medich, a 19-game winner last season, doubles as a third-year medical student at Pitt. "A lot of guys ask me for advice," says Medich. "Last year Elliott Maddox had a bulge in his abdomen. I told him it might be a hernia or a ruptured pyramidalis" (a small rudimentary muscle). Medich's diagnosis was correct; Maddox had a hernia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Double Life of Egghead Jocks | 12/30/1974 | See Source »

...first race for public office, in 1962, a re-count won Carter a seat in the state senate. After two terms there, he entered the state Democratic gubernatorial primary. Despite an impressive showing by Carter, the winner was Lester Maddox, and Carter returned to supervising his family's 2,500-acre peanut farm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICS: Carter: Entering the Lists | 12/23/1974 | See Source »

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