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...normal Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Middletown, U.S.A." to whom it is frankly addressed, have come to regard Temple Fielding as a sort of traveler's Dr. Spock?a role he relishes. "If Temp has a cause, and I think he has one," says his chief assistant, Joe Raff, "it is to ease the passage of the traveler, to assuage his doubts...
Crossing the Line. The thing that troubles Connally Democrats is that "Raff" Yarborough might well win next spring's primary hands down, only to be defeated in November by a Republican-who would be the first to hold the office since Reconstruction. Though outnumbered 6 to 1 in voter registration, Texas Republicans are ideologically close to Connally Democrats. In a 1961 runoff election to fill Johnson's old Senate seat, Conservative Republican John Tower won handily, was re-elected last year with a startling 57% victory margin. Next year, Tower will be a possibility for the governorship, along...
...Three cheers for the voices of sanity: Citizens Committee for Peace with Freedom in Viet Nam [Nov. 3]. The riff-raff have held center stage long enough and their performances grow more sickeningly disgusting with every added publicity stunt. It is heartening indeed that some of our forthright and knowledgeable leaders have taken the initiative in speaking for the vast majority. BEATRICE PUNG St. Johns, Mich...
...Russians and the Chinamen are gonna attack this country one of these days. Then the Jews, the yellowmen, the niggers, and all the displaced persons are gonna join 'em against the white man. We whites are just gonna havta get together and rid his country of all that riff-raff...
...believes are the two most backward tribes of the six from which all U.S. Negroes are descended (the others, according to Hare: Burburs, Kaffirs, Gullas and Guineas). The judge is convinced that Ebos and Angols are genetically incapable of achieving IQs beyond 65. "They're like white riff raff and river rats," he said recently...