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...Rights Commission counted 2,595 lynchings of Negroes in Southern states between 1882 and 1959. Not one resulted in a white man's conviction. Den nis Clark, writing in the Jesuit magazine America, makes the point that 100 years ago "the Irish were the riot makers of America par excellence...
When frazzled Manhattan subway riders gasp and sigh, it is almost inevitably because of the cloacal stench and spine-crushing lack of charm that characterize the system. Not so in Par is, where ever since World War II the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens has been enthusiastically refurbishing the Métro. Last week the latest renovated subway station opened, this one at the Louvre. Parisian eyes popped...
...junior Bob Dowd, Who when not sidelined with injuries, played well for the JVs last year. Dan Wilson's loss, due to a summer injury, proves disastrous. He had started last season. Fulvio Gentili, expected back after a case of mononucleosis last fall, is still not up to par and will not play. None of last year's other JV tackles have elevated to varsity stature...
Newest moonface to shine is Bob Murphy, 25, a 5 ft. 10 in., 210-lb. redhead who last week rolled and scrambled to a sudden-death triumph over Oklahoman Labron Harris in the $100,000 Philadelphia Golf Classic. Murph the Girth shot a twelve-under-par 276 for 72 holes, then rammed home a 15-ft. birdie putt on the third play-off hole to gain his first professional victory and the $20,000 winner's check. The previous week he led the $250,000 Westchester Classic after three rounds, only to lose to Boros on the final hole...
...weight of tradition. In many ways, as M.I.T. Professor Harold Isaacs points out, "Africa is the most inhospitable of the major continents to human existence." For all the image of a banana-tree civilization, with food for the reaching, most Africans are permanently undernourished and physically below par or diseased. Life expectancy is barely 40 years at best. Illiteracy is the highest in the world...