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...Weather head Foundation is a Charter member of the Cleveland Compact Plan for Higher Education. The foundation recently sponsored a series of lectures by the noted histories Arnold Toynbee at the University of Puerto Rico...
...legal difficulties that kept him out of New York City, Manhattan's Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr., 56, still has to pay the $46,500 in libel damages and interest that he has owed a Harlem widow for two years. So, flying back from his $75,000 Puerto Rico beach house, Powell put the whammy on his Harlem friends. After explaining his plight to the congregation at his Abyssinian Baptist Church, he toured the nightspots, drumming up guests for one of his $25-a-head "Justice for Powell" cocktail parties, which have helped to raise $16,000 to date...
...suggest to all those kiddies out there that they get ahold of Daddy's wallet and remove "those little green pieces of paper with pictures of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Lincoln and Jefferson and send them to me, and I'll send you a postcard from Puerto Rico." Four $1 bills came in, and so did a stiff complaint. Soup was canned, but only temporarily. His suspension became an instant cause. The phone calls never quit, petitions piled up, the station was picketed, and five days later his hourlong, six-times-a-week show roared back...
Last year the Braves had power; five of their players slugged 20 or more home runs. The outfield of Aaron (.328), Rico Carty (.320), and Lee Maye (.304) is unquestionably the best in a league full of good ones, Dennis Menke came through as a rookie infielder, and Joe Torre developed into a fine catcher while hitting...
...Lazy!" The ghost of Benny Paret obviously was still with Champion Griffith last week. Madison Square Garden was packed with fans from Spanish Harlem to watch Griffith defend his crown against Challenger José Stable and Puerto Rico's José Torres battle Willie Pastrano for the light-heavyweight championship in a rare doubleheader. Like Paret, Stable was a Cuban, and the chants started-"Sta-ble! Stable! Sta-ble!"-as soon as the challenger clambered into the ring. Emile got mostly boos except from ringside, where Mama Emelda Griffith and Cousin Bernie led the cheers. "The best, the best...