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...succession of oversights by the Founding Fathers and early Congresses, the residents of the District of Columbia have never enjoyed one particular constitutional right cherished by all other Americans: the privilege of voting. There was no reasoning attending the oversights; it was just plain neglect.† Last week Rhode Island cast the 36th affirmative vote for the 23rd Amendment to the Constitution, giving 746,000 Washingtonians the right to vote in presidential elections - and three electoral votes. Ohio and Kansas are expected to ratify the amendment this week, making the necessary two-thirds majority for official adoption (only one legislature...
...expensive cars basking like fat seals in the parking lot came from as far away as Rhode Island, Texas and Michigan. Inside the arena, meticulously dressed fans exchanged tips in well-modulated tones. In most of the U.S., cockfighting today is a tawdry, fugitive affair of back alleys and darkened cellars. But in the bigtime environs of the Orlando (Fla.) Game Club, cockfighting is a perfectly legal "sport" whose devotees are proud of its bloody heritage. Last week, as the Game Club staged its 42nd annual international tournament, a trade magazine called Grit and Steel was moved to declare that...
...reception for new members of Congress, Oregon Democrat Maurine Neuberger, taking the Senate seat held by her husband Richard until his death last March, got a brotherly buss from Democratic Elder Statesman Adlai Stevenson, U.S. Ambassador-designate to the U.N. Meanwhile, after 24 years in the Senate, Rhode Island's durable Democrat Theodore Francis Greene - having walked, swum and cerebrated himself to the hearty age of 93 - left that august body (voluntarily, because he could surely have been re-elected had he chosen to run again last November), as the oldest man ever to serve in the Senate...
Playing a scrappy Rhode Island team in the semi-finals, the Crimson raced to a 33-26 lead at halftime and maintained most of its margin until about four minutes remained. Rhode Island, which eventually lost to Maine in the finals, then took the lead for the first time and held on for a 60-57 victory. Borchard tailed 12 points, Bowditch and Deering 10 each...
...Birmingham, Ala. Dec. 31 Central Ohio (At Columbus) Dec. 28 Charlotte, N.C. Dec. 29 Chicago Dec. 28 Cincinnati Dec. 29 Cleveland Dec. 27 Dayton, Ohio Dec. 29 Denver Dec. 27 Eastern Michigan (At Detroit) Dec. 28 Eastern New York (At Albany) Dec. 29 Maryland (At Baltimore) Dec. 27 Rhode Island (At Providence) Jan. 2 Rochester Dec. 28 San Diego Dec. 27 Syracuse Dec. 27 Worcester...