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...must solve the problems of establishing their authority in a largely hostile white society. White intransigence to political integration takes many forms, ranging from defiance to outright intimidation. Black justices and constables are told by white offenders that "no nigger is going to tell us what to do." Moses Riddick, a member of the Board of Supervisors in Suffolk, Va., had a cross burned on his lawn after winning a primary. James Jolliff, a black constable in Wilkinson County, Miss., was arrested on charges of impeding and intimidating officers and was temporarily suspended from his office when he stopped Alcoholic...
Shirley Barger, Helen Scott Bennett, Dorothea Bourne, Amelia Riddick Brent, Ruth Brine, Marjorie Burns, Peggy Bushong, Nancy McD. Chase, Bertha Cordeiro! Lilian Davidson, Estelle Dembeck, Lois Dickert, Anne Dirkes, Kathleen Donahue, Joan Dye, Kathryn Egan, Marta Erdman, Lenora Ersner, Jane Farley, Marcelle Farrington, Dorothy Ferenbaugh, Blanche Finn, Rosemary L. Frank, Mary Elizabeth Fremd, Judith Friedberg, Marcia Gauger, Marie Kathryn Gibbons, Jean Gutheim, Dorothy Slavin Haysteafl, Harriet Heck, Robin Hinsdale, Bonnie Claire Howells, Vera Kovarsky, E. Eleanore Larsen, Sylvia Crane Myers, Helen Newlin, Amelia North, Mary Baylor Reinhart, Margaret Rorison, Deirdre Mead Ryan, Jane Darby Scholl, Ruth Silva, M. Ava Smith...
...Engineer Riddick wastes little time on Henry's theory that water rises from great depths underground and distributes itself in veins (it actually comes from rain, streams, etc.), but he hopes that people will not put too much faith in shallow, dowser-found wells. Heavy pumping can drain them dry when most needed, he warns, and many are contaminated...
...finds "veins of water" by means of his good old divining rod.† In the latest issue of Harper's magazine, which likes to publicize pseudo-scientific fancies (e.g., Eric Larrabee's piece on the passing planets), and also to knock them down, waterworks Engineer Thomas M. Riddick gives an engineer's explanation of water dowsing...
...places where dowsers thrive, says Riddick, there is water almost everywhere. It does not exist as "veins" but in saturated sand or gravel called the "water table." Certain special conditions, such as sand so fine that it cannot be filtered, or hard rock near the surface, make well-digging undesirable. A dowser who is worth his salt can avoid such hostile spots without magical assistance. Anywhere else, he is almost sure to find at least a little water...