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Eugene Coon has been a sheriff for twelve years, but for the first time in his career, he has refused to uphold the law. When 43 owner-occupied homes were to be auctioned last week in Alleghe ny County, Pa., because of delinquent mortgage and tax payments, Coon, who runs the monthly auction, stopped the sale. Said the four-term sheriff: "These are good people who have paid into their homes for years and years. I feel I'm on good legal ground in trying to help those who can't help themselves...
...history of the United States 97 percent of all persons put to death for rape have been black men accused of raping white women. (Source: Henry Schwarzchild, American Civil Liberties, Union, New York, NY...
Boston 113, NY Knicks...
BORN. To Sun Myung Moon, 62, self-anointed messiah and founder of the Unification Church, which claims 3 million members around the world, and his wife, Korean-born Hak Ja Han, 40: a daughter, their 13th child; in Tarrytown, NY. Name: Jeung Jin Nim (March of Heart). Weight: 7 lbs. 8 oz. Moon, also born in Korea, was convicted in May of conspiracy to evade paying personal income tax and is awaiting sentencing...
...series of "outsider" aspirants for executive positions: Wendell Wilkie and Dwight D. Eisenhower both sought the top job with no civilian government experience on their resumes. George Romney (R-Mich.). Milton Schapp (D-Pa.), John Y. Brown (D-Ky.). Lester Maddox (D-Ga.). and most prominently Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY.) all led their states without having led a previous major political office...