Word: picketts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Crimson wrestlers finished a strong second to perennial champion Cornell in the final season standings. Last year, the Crimson finished a strong second again--only to Princeton. Harvard's wrestlers pulled out a wild, 20-14 victory over the Big Red--its first such victory in Coach Bob Pickett's 18 years here--only to lose to the Tigers, 17-14, in an even wilder meet. Princeton went on to beat Cornell too and capture the Ivy title...
Atlantic has it, and has had it for 20 years. Although Atlantic also does pop (Sonny & Cher, Bobby Darin) and jazz (Charles Lloyd, Modern Jazz Quartet), two-thirds of its single releases and half of its albums feature such soulers as Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Percy Sledge, and - on its associate Memphis label, Stax - Otis Redding and Carla Thomas. Thanks mainly to their vibrant, visceral performances, Atlantic this year has produced six singles that have sold a million copies apiece, and two of its albums have grossed $1,000,-000. Last month it had 18 disks among the 100 bestselling...
Then there is the question of whether a welfare recipient may be jailed if he refuses to take an available job. The New York Court of Appeals recently said no in the case of Mose Pickett, 32, a jobless father of three who spurned state offers of a $1.50-an-hour laborer's job because, he said, he was looking for a better job. He lost his welfare, and although he subsequently took a similar job, he got a 30-day jail sentence from the City Court of Niagara Falls. The court voided Pickett's conviction, implying that...
...seat was concerned, his absence hardly mattered. Even against the well-known James Meredith, he was the prohibitive favorite. Then suddenly last week, Meredith, under intense pressure from Negro leaders, pulled out of the race, and the competition became weaker. Powell's new Republican opponent is Mrs. Lucille Pickett Williams, 50, an attractive grandmother who has no illusions about her chances...
Tonight's meet is also important to Saturday's Princeton battle. Coach Bob Pickett has been juggling men in and out of various slots for the past few weeks to get the proper line-up against the Tigers...