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...city's finest, but they are centered in Miami's southwest quadrant in a section known as Little Havana or La Saguesera (a Spanish-English corruption of "southwest"). Throughout the county, the Cubans own some 8,000 businesses, including banks and construction firms, newspapers and shoe factories. Five Bade County banks have Cuban presidents. Nearly one-quarter of the county's Cuban families make more than $15,000 annually, and 40% earn more than $10,000. Unemployment hovers between 1% and 2%, while Bade's overall level...
...Young '55, then associate dean of freshmen, soon perceived that something had to be done, as each evening multitudes of freshmen abandoned their studies to hark to the mystery wail. Grade-point averages were dipping dangerously. Young pursued the lonely caterwauler with the dogged persistence of an insecure gum-shoe, and one cold morning at 3:30 a.m., confronted the youth in his Matthews Hall digs. "I would like to discipline you," Young asserted coolly, "but to do so would be to risk publicizing this case; thousands would flock to your defense, and you would only lose your anonymity...
...Dropping Shoe. Because of federal regulations and pressure from the Federal Communications Commission, broadcasting has been somewhat more accommodating toward dissenting views than print journalism. Local stations airing formal editorials invite rebuttals and often give them equal time. Now more and more of them are beginning to read comments about general news coverage over the air and to put complainants themselves on-camera...
...begun loosening up their nightly news formats. NBC'S anchor man John Chancellor last spring introduced "Editor's Notebook," an occasional entry designed, as he puts it, for "catching up on stories we never finished, correcting those on which we made mistakes, and generally dropping the other shoe." CBS's 60 Minutes frequently devotes time to listeners' comments...
...merchants of Beatle paraphernalia are doing good business. A pair of genuine Beatle sneakers goes for $45. After all, the lucky buyers also gets the shoe-box, similarly emblazoned with the mugs of the fabulous four. For $10 you can purchase vintage copies of Faye, Rave and Movie Times: "Does Paul Live with the Ashers?" "The Beatles' REAL Story," and "Beatles Up to Date: Latest Pix Story." What could possibly induce one to part with such treasures? Certainly not money; perhaps the seller has duplicate copies. Such are the thoughts that go through the minds of Beatle buyers...