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...WORK OF E. & J. Gallo Winery's venomous little ol' parable writer appears once again in today's Crimson. In a large advertisement on page eight of this issue, the Brothers Gallo take credit for forming the United Farmworkers' union, for bringing Cesar Chavez to power, and for defending both in the face of opposition from other grape growers--a tale many might regard as at least as fanciful as they style in which it is written...
...place in recent history that has become crowded with avaricious time travelers since the success of American Graffiti. One of the protagonists (portrayed vigorously by Max Baer, who served as producer and helped with the scenario as well) is an atavistic sheriff, the sort of gun-toting good ol' boy who gives law enforcement down South a certain cave man cast. The sheriff represents just that sort of legalized mayhem that made Walking Tall such a big hit, and one might expect that Macon County Line would try to follow along in its prede cessor's misshapen footprints...
Melbourne's Festival Hall was briefly the scene of a Prohibition-era drama. A squad of heavyweight "personal friends" of Singer Frank Sinatra, 58, shoved aside photographers and reporters waiting to greet Ol' Blue Eyes as he arrived for the first of five scheduled concerts Down Under. As one pal explained: "Frank doesn't like pictures, see. Somebody's going to get hurt." Then several newsmen were hurt by Frankie's boys. Onstage, Sinatra broke off his concert to ventilate his fury at the press...
...KNEW LIFE wasn't going to be easy on the outside, especially when on the morning of commencement I found that my good ol' run-of-the-mill, blend-into-the-crowd cap and gown had, presto-chango, become a considerably fancier, stick-out-like-a-sore thumb Juris Doctor gown and cap two sizes too small for my head. At the time I confess I wasn't aware of the foul-up, but when I saw none of my neighbors wearing similar get-ups, I got a little concerned. "Oh, god! I'm a freak," I thought...
...still wave Ol' Glory down at the courthouse...