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Mayor Samuel H. Yorty of Los Angeles has stood squarely behind Police Chief William H. Parker, who believes solidly in hard-nosed, no-holds-barred law enforcement. Chief Parker is not an admirer of the U.S. Supreme Court nor of civil rights organizations, which have criticized him constantly. Mayor Yorty...

Author: By Michael D. Barone, | Title: Crime in the Streets--and City Elections | 10/28/1965 | See Source »

Planes & Ships. The U.S. first bombed the north in August 1964 in tit-for-tat retaliation for a torpedo-boat attack on two Seventh Fleet destroyers in the Tonkin Gulf. Regular bombings began last February; since then U.S. and South Vietnamese planes have flown more than 50,000 sorties against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: A New Kind of War | 10/22/1965 | See Source »

In the golden days of the silver screen, the rest of the world had it pretty well figured out that the U.S. was cowboy-and-Indian country except for a patch of gang turf called Chicago, and that the populace was all Tom Mixes, Bogarts and Harlows. Now the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Spreading Wasteland | 10/22/1965 | See Source »

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was aquiver with rage and frustration-as usual. Addressing a press conference in Pakistan's capital of Rawalpindi, the hawk-nosed Foreign Minister announced that because of Malaysia's "immoral, hostile and unfriendly" attitude on the Kashmir question, Pakistan was severing diplomatic relations forthwith. Thus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan: The Cry of the Hawks | 10/15/1965 | See Source »

Although both teams have demonstrated the ability to roll up a big score, today's game should be a hard-nosed defensive battle. Princeton has an experienced line with eleven returning lettermen. Cornell's interior defensive line averages a hefty 236, anchored by 300-pound tackle Craig Cannon. Princeton's...

Author: By R. ANDREW Beyer, | Title: Princeton Battles Cornell In Crucial League Contest | 10/9/1965 | See Source »

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