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...first visit to Spencer, Ind., his American mother's home town (pop. 2,394), Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Harold Macmillan gave a ten-minute talk from the pulpit of the Methodist Church his late mother used to attend as a girl, but when the plate was passed, the man who holds Britain's purse strings had to float a modest loan to raise enough U.S. currency for a contribution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Oct. 8, 1956 | 10/8/1956 | See Source »

...most important contribution of the Negro to American intellectual history has been to the meaning of democracy. Perhaps the best relevant definition was posed by a question asked by Frederick Douglass in 1889. He inquired in the African Methodist Episcopal Review whether "American justice, American liberty, American civilization, American law, and American Christianity could be made to include and protect alike and forever all American citizens the rights which have been guaranteed to them by the organic and fundamental laws of the land...

Author: By Rayford W. Logan, | Title: Negro Influence Helps Shape U.S. Democracy | 10/3/1956 | See Source »

...Faked out of their shoes by the ball-handling of Southern Methodist's Quarterback Charlie Arnold, the Irish of Notre Dame lost their first opening game since 1934. Score...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Season Opens | 10/1/1956 | See Source »

...Here we are. Baylor-California: Baylor 7-point favorite. Texas Christian 19 over Kansas. Notre Dame 14 over Southern Methodist. Pittsburgh 7 over West Virginia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The World of Vigorish | 10/1/1956 | See Source »

...Even though last week they called some big ones wrong, including three of the four that led the line. Results: Baylor 7, California 6; Southern Methodist 19, Notre Dame 13; Pitt 14, West Virginia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The World of Vigorish | 10/1/1956 | See Source »

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