Word: richmond
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When Ralph Lee, a Richmond Va printer, drives his 1961 Chevy Monza to work every morning, he has to be careful not to leave the windows rolled up. "You see," says Lee, "I haven't got any door handles." A job for the local Chevy dealer? No, the local electrician. Lee is installing solenoid switch buttons that will open the doors electrically with a touch of the hand...
...Born in Richmond, Va., in 1931, Thomas F. Pettigrew escaped the doctrine of racism from the start. "I was brought up by a Scottish grandmother who thought that all Americans--North or South, black or white--were crazy," he relates. "My father was a mild-mannered man, conservative but not racist, who came from the hills of West Virginia. It was a great combination...
...were both Humphrey Bogart fans, Mildred and I, but the Richmond Theater had no section for Negroes, so she had to wait 18 months to see the new Bogart movie. I would come home and tell her about the picture as she did the laundry, and she would explain to me why she couldn...
...postponement meant an extra day's rest for Crimson starter Paul Del Rossi, who pitched against Richmond Friday, and for a Harvard team that played five games last week...
...position after playing number two last year, ripped off a 6-3, 6-4 win over the top Cadet, Walt Oehriein, Ripley won all three of his college's matches on the Southern tour that preceded the Army match, though he lost earlier in a match with Richmond's Country Club of Virginia...