Word: merritts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...welcome as segregated schools. Tempers can flare at the mere presence of reporters, who are there to record an example of Southern inhospitality. Last week in the little Alabama farm town of Notasulga, local hostility turned into violence-with an ironic twist. The victim was a Southern er: Vernon Merritt III, 23, a freelance photographer from Birmingham. His attackers were officers...
What earned Merritt his beating in Notasulga might in another locale have come under the heading of journalistic enterprise. He simply slipped aboard the school bus bearing the first Negro students to try to enter Macon County High School. He figured he could photograph the story from the youngsters' point of view. But law authorities had already gathered in force to prevent the token integration, and some of them had been tipped that a photographer...
...Note: The drive to the Festival Theatre in Stratford, Conn., takes three hours via the Massachusetts Turnpike and Exit 53 from the Merritt Parkway. Reservations in advance are advisable, and free picnic facilities are available on the grounds. All performances begin punctually; and, a half-hour before, there is an exhibition of expert juggling on the lawn. Forthcoming issues will carry reviews of "Henry V" and "The Comedy of Errors," which will be played in repertory with "King Lear" through Sept...
...Merritt Parkway (Conn.) 2.50 Good
Although the squad had many outstanding swimmers, Merritt singled out team captain Klaussmann for special praise. "He was not only an inspirational leader, but he competed in the freestyle, butterfly, backstroke, and sprints-virtually any event where points were needed." Klaussmann sand his teammates finished the season with a 9-1 record, losing only to Deerfield. In the final meet the Yardlings decisively downed a strong Yale team...