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...with it ... Lights flash on; bells ring; he visualizes $75,000 stacks of greenbacks stashed in his bureau drawer. He says to himself, 'It's about time somebody with a little intelligence went after one of those easy jobs.' " The end result? "Another kid heading for skid row to acquire a gun and a short-wave car radio -and either a prison sentence or a dose of lead poisoning or a trip to the hot seat...
...four-event meet will include the slalom, downhill, cross-country, and 60-meter jump, a long jump for collegiate competition. Both captain Bill Wasserman and Jim Weaver will take part in all four events, while John Hart and Skid Land will participate in the cross-country and jump. Gordon Abbott, Jerry Porter, and Don Justice will ski in the downhill and slalom competitions. Four men will enter each event, and the top three of each team will score...
Five men will enter each event, and the best four will score. The Crimson skiers are Hart, Wasserman, Dwight Black, Henry Horner, Don Justice, Skid Lund, Frank Scully, Jim Weaver, and Dick Wilson...
Under Knight and Walters, the News had exposed the defeated Republican state machine's payoffs to small-town editors (TIME, May 9). It had successfully plumped for reform Mayor Martin Kennelly, and started a cleanup of the shocking Skid Row conditions (TIME, Aug. 29). For readers whose hair had turned to silver, the News had recently added a steady feature called "The Golden Years...
...army's famed Harbor Light corps in Chicago: "Overcoming drunkenness is a matter of prayer from beginning to end. God is the deciding factor. The job is too overwhelming to be done by human means alone." With evangelism goes fellowship. Misery can find company in decent surroundings along Skid...