Word: mississippi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Howie Henjyoji, 123-lb. champion in last weekend's New England AAU tournament, dropped down to 115 lbs. for the nationals and was eliminated in the first round by Steve Kavanaugh of Mississippi...
...Senate committee, composed of three Democrats and three Republicans under the chairmanship of Mississippi Democrat John Stennis, was chiefly concerned with one crucial point. Was the money Dodd's to spend as he saw fit, or was it raised as campaign contributions and therefore unusable for any other purpose? If Dodd's supporters merely meant to present him with gifts, then the money was his-tax-free. If, on the other hand, they were led to believe that they were contributing to his campaign chest, then the Senator's diversion of the funds could...
...Lustrous, shining, glowing, majestic, lush, delicate, brilliant, glorious!" raved the Jackson Daily News. The improbable girl who brought those glories to Mississippi was Metropolitan Opera Soprano Leontyne Price, 40, making her first home-state appearance since 1963. Negroes are not often greeted so warmly in Mississippi, but the integrated crowd in Jackson Coliseum met Leontyne with a standing ovation at the start of the concert, interrupted her repeatedly with applause in the middle of song cycles-until she gently asked them to wait till the cycles were over. After that, Leontyne traveled to Atlanta to sing to a packed house...
...last day alive, a day pressured by exams, Hall got a speeding ticket from a traffic cop who recalls him as "very courteous." He conferred normal ly with an English professor, then walked into a grocery store, phoned a girl in Mississippi he barely knew and asked her to marry him. "I am intoxicated with love," Hall said. He began crying and laughing; a policeman was called, and drove him home. Later, Hall spoke wildly to his landlady, Mrs. Aline Johnson, and started kicking the door between their apartments. Shortly be fore midnight, Mrs. Johnson called the police, and three...
...more exciting was Saturday afternoon's NIT final, in which Southern Illinois beat Marquette, 71-56. The Salukis are probably the best team east of the Mississippi and play the brand of ball that can make college basketball second to nothing for excitement. Led by Walt Frazier, as complete a ballplayer as you will find, the Southern Illinois jumping jacks exhibit the "Big D" defense that makes every pass a challenge...