Word: minnesota
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with the sharpest drop occurring among Americans who previously backed the President's policy of "fighting to get a negotiated peace." Harris concludes that "the growing public disenchantment stems directly from the now dominant view that the war is not going better militarily." The reliable Minnesota poll is in general agreement...
...Boston Red Sox, coats the ball with Vaseline. "Wyatt," says Joe Pepitone of the New York Yankees, "carries so much Vaseline on him that if he slid into second base he'd keep right on going to the leftfield fence." Dean Chance (17-9) of the Minnesota Twins has been accused of "loading" with both saliva and stickum, but he also has plenty of legal stuff on the ball: last week he pitched his second no-hitter in a month-the first was a rain-shortened, five-inning affair-to beat Cleveland 2-1 and boost the Twins into...
...doctor about his ill ness is as inadmissible in court as what he tells his lawyer or spouse. But what of the state-employed psychiatrist who treats an accused criminal? If the crim inal enters a defense of insanity, can the psychiatrist be a witness against him? Now the Minnesota Supreme Court has refused to create an exception for state psychiatrists. A doctor-patient relationship is a doctor-patient relationship, said the court, no matter who employs the doctor...
Some of the Twins resent Cal's crack down. Pitcher Grant, one of the late-to-beds fined by Ermer, wants to be traded. But most respect his toughness, and the team's new dedication to duty ("They're playing for their lives," explained a Minnesota newsman) shows in the box scores. Since Ermer took over, the Twins have played 25 games that were decided by one run-and they have won 14 of them, including a 3-2 victory over the White Sox last week that won them the league lead...
...victory moved Boston to within one game of first-place Minnesota and Chicago, it moved the 26,000 fans to near hysteria, and it moved Republican Governor John Volpe a little closer to mass support for his stadium plan...