Word: showing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...SULLIVAN SHOW...
Mayor Leland Larrison, 53, appeared on a local TV news show to protect his reputation. Indignantly, he denied a wire service story that he had vowed to rid Terre Haute of prostitution and gambling. The mayor's firm stand in defense of vice raised a modest cheer from gamblers in the upstairs room at the Club Idaho on Hulman Street, and then they went back to their roulette and poker. A sign on the door read...
...Fellow Republican Lovellette plans to run against him in 1971, was unmoved. He said that the resolution is not binding and has "no teeth." As for the councilmen, Larrison-who favors legalized prostitution-added, "A lot of them voted yes because they lacked the courage to stand up and show their convictions...
...called for three groups of students--one to picket classes, one to march in front of the chancellor's office, and one to move around on streets blocking traffic. The blacks gave only three direct instructions, "Remain mobile, don't panic, don't get maced." Students were supposed to show their numbers but not to demonstrate their force, for the blacks needed only numbers to win the psychological battle with the university over the popularity of their demands...
With 2000 National Guard troops on campus the dramatization was more than anyone expected. The State of Wisconsin reacted as if it were setting an example for the country: if you don't know how to keep your kids in line, Wisconsin can sure show you how. The Governor compared the black protest to every campus demonstration in the last two years...