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Those who went saw a slaughter, the most lopsided contest since lions lunched at the Colosseum. "I am going to punish him," Clay had said contemptuously. "I am going to beat him so badly that he'll need a shoehorn to get his hat on again." Cassius obviously is a man of his word. In the first round he was so busy taunting his opponent ("White American!") that he neglected to throw a punch and Patterson won the round. It was the only round...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prizefighting: Lunch for a Lion | 12/3/1965 | See Source »

...first time in Alabama history, a white jury voted yesterday to punish a white man for racial murder. After seven hours of deliberation the Anniston jurors sentenced Hubert Damon Strange to ten years in prison for killing Willie Brewster, a local Negro foundry worker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crime and Punishment--Southern Style | 12/3/1965 | See Source »

...view of these circumstances, the Brewster case is hardly likely to revolutionize Southern justice. Southern law enforcement officials have repeatedly declined to protect the rights of Negroes and civil rights workers, and white juries have refused to punish those who violated these rights. Since 1963, at least 21 people have been murdered in the Deep South because they were Negroes or "nigger lovers." Within the past nine months in Alabama alone, four others besides Willie Brewster have been the victims of civil rights murders. No convictions were brought in any of these cases...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crime and Punishment--Southern Style | 12/3/1965 | See Source »

...punish law-beakers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crime and Punishment--Southern Style | 12/3/1965 | See Source »

Durfee is back at 145, and Captain Tom Gilmore is at 137. Both have experience, good moves, and know how to punish and break down an opponent. Howie Henjyoji, a bouncing packet of pure energy, provides strength at 123. All are lettermen...

Author: By Lee H. Simowitz, | Title: Matmen May Be Title-Bound If... | 11/30/1965 | See Source »

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