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...SEATBELT. Cassius' motives for fighting London were 1) a pressing need for money (he must post a $50,000 alimony bond before Aug. 27 or go to jail), and 2) a fine regard for his personal safety. London already had been knocked out by Henry Cooper and Floyd Patterson-both of whom Clay had demolished. At 6 ft. 3 in., Cassius was a full three inches taller than London, and he had an advantage of seven inches in reach...
Dunlop will go to Washington D.C. Wednesday to meet with the other two members of the board: Bay Lisa Manning, dean of the Stanford University School, of Law, and J. Patterson Drew, a Washington D.C. lawyer...
...City under Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, who thought Gaud was qualified to become mayor himself some day. An army colonel in charge of lend-lease operations for the China-Burma-India theater during World War II, Gaud put in a brief postwar stint as special assistant to War Secretary Robert Patterson, then went into private practice in New York City. Not until 1961 did he return to public service to direct aid programs for the Middle East and South Asia. "I've had a 15-year rest," he said then, "so it's about time I got back...
...like Dempsey, is a Catholic, and so are the Republican candidates for lieutenant governor and comptroller, John Gerardo and Tom Mayers. The nominee for attorney general is a Negro, William Graham, and the secretary of state's slot is filled by Mrs. Phyllis Shulman, a Jew. J. Tyler Patterson Jr., running for treasurer, is the only old-line Yankee. Though he contributed $5,000 to Dempsey's 1962 campaign, Gengras plans a vigorous attack depicting Dempsey as a lightweight "social Governor" and his regime as plodding, piecemeal and pinchpenny in welfare, education and other programs...
...know," sighed Cassius Marcellus Clay, alias Muhammad Ali, daintily sipping a cuppa in London last week, "you can fool all of the people all of the time. Sonny Listen-he was supposed to be too mean for me. Floyd Patterson was too determined. George Chuvalo, why, Ali won't be able to stand up to his punches, they said. Now, it's Henry Cooper's left hook is gonna make history...