Word: scarlet
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Native children were found to have serious hearing handicaps by age four. The death rate for tuberculosis is four times as high among Indians as among non-Indians. ...On the Rosebud Reservation (South Dakota), Indians are 40 times more likely than the general population to contract strep throat and scarlet fever." Overall, the mere chance of maturing for Native Americans is small...
Under new coach Fred Dunlap, the Red Raiders went 8-2 last fall even though they lost to Rutgers on the most-publicized bad call of the season, 17-9. Colgate began this season by helping Penn State put the Scarlet Knights back in their place, whipping Rutgers...
...were literally dozens of fumbles caused by Saturday's East coast storm-front, but only one concerned Princeton's surprisingly tough squad (0-1, 0-2), which lost to powerhouse Rutgers, 10-6, in college football's oldest rivalry. Tiger fullback Gary Larson coughed up the ball on the Scarlet Knights' 17-yard line with just 25 seconds left in the game, ending Princeton's hopes for a major early-season upset...
Died. Ethel Barrymore Colt, 65, actress-singer daughter of Ethel Barrymore; of cancer; in Manhattan. Carrying the theatrical tradition of the House of Barrymore into the ninth generation, Colt made her acting debut at 18 performing alongside her mother in Scarlet Sister Mary. A lyric soprano, she later sang in concerts, nightclubs and with several opera companies, including the New York City Opera. She toured Europe with her one-woman revue of musical theater and returned to Broadway in Harold Prince's production of Follies...
...President was in fine, trust-winning form as he and his entourage descended on Newcastle. At the city's modern civic center, he was greeted by Lord Mayor Hugh White, splendidly turned out in scarlet robes with ermine collar and fringes. The Lord Mayor declared Carter to be an "Honorary Freeman" of Newcastle. Among the privileges that go with this ancient honor: permission to graze cattle on the city's moor...