Word: mexicanization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Ramon Novarro, 69, silent film star, who in the 1920s vied with Rudolph Valentino as the screen's great Latin lover; of injuries suffered when he was bludgeoned in the bedroom of his home; in Hollywood Hills, Calif. Though only 5 ft. 8 in. tall, the handsome Mexican was a giant at the box office. In his 14-year career, he played opposite such leading ladies as Greta Garbo and Myrna Loy, appeared in scores of films, including The Prisoner of Zenda (1922) and Ben-Hur (1926), before fading out in the mid-1930s...
Immortality as a Flower. Everything went. Mrs. Alfonso J. Cervantes, wife of the St. Louis mayor, happily bid $750 for half a ton of bacon, explaining that she has six boys and a Mexican exchange student all living in her house. "I really don't know how much bacon 1,000 Ibs. is," she admitted. "But I do know that we use six or seven pounds a week." Costliest item was a new house, valued at $64,900 and sold for $55,000 to Chester Volkman, a contractor, who mused: "Maybe my daughter will want...
Nevertheless, when he was assassinated last June in Los Angeles, Bobby Kennedy was the idol of the poor and the deprived, worshiped by blacks, Mexican-Americans and Indians. Cynics were never able to reconcile this devotion. They believed that Kennedy exploited the poor for selfish political purposes. In fact, R.F.K. did many things for political reasons, and his initial interest in the poor may have been in part politically motivated...
...protesters have prior reputations as priestly radicals, and Lucey himself has long been considered one of the most progressive members of the American hierarchy. He pioneered the desegregation of Catholic schools in Texas and risked financial reprisal from wealthy businessmen when he blessed the formation of labor unions by Mexican American farm workers. But Lucey has also been a stern administrator, and last year he transferred several priests who had been involved in the Priests' Association to remote parishes in his 32-county see. A friend of Lyndon Johnson's, he has also supported the U.S. stand...
...applicants were black. However, Dr. Potter emphasized that the Committee was seeking students from all disadvantaged minorities. He said that the Committee had contacted American Indian and Mexican-American groups this summer. Although the Med School has several African students, there are no American blacks in its first year class this year...