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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Badge. In neighboring Alabama, trouble was triggered not by shooting but by shouting. Black Power Prophet Stokely Carmichael started it with a wild argument at a voter registration meeting in Prattville, a reputed Ku Klux Klan stronghold ten miles from Montgomery. Stokely's target was Prattville Assistant Police Chief Kenneth Hill, who shot and killed a Negro early this year during a jailbreak attempt after a mistaken arrest for murder. When Hill showed up at the meeting, Carmichael yelled: "Take that tin badge off and I'll take care of you myself!" After getting reinforcements, the cops arrested...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Races: Mind Over Mayhem | 6/23/1967 | See Source »

This was no drill. In stunning predawn air strikes across the face of the Arab world, Israeli jets all but eliminated Arab airpower?and with it any chance of an Arab victory. Without air cover, tanks and infantry under the clear skies of the desert offered little more than target practice. In a few astonishing hours of incredibly accurate bombing and strafing, Israel erased an expensive decade of Russian military aid to the Arab world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: The Quickest War | 6/16/1967 | See Source »

...woman, Mary I. Bunting has been the target for a surprising and clearly undeserved amount of virulent hostility in the past year. Radcliffe students have come away from meetings with her, convinced that she is either a "liar" or an "incompetent." The CRIMSON, in a series of articles, accused her of bargaining in bad faith and making promises she couldn't keep. Old friends among alumnae have shaken their heads at her decisions and vowed never to have dealings with her again...

Author: By Linda G. Mcveigh, | Title: Mrs. Bunting and the Girls | 6/15/1967 | See Source »

...switch in tactics from the gung-ho role in World War II and Korea made Walt a frequent target of criticism. The controversy also pointed up a split between Marine and Army commanders. Army men, pointing to such bloody engagements as la Drang, argued that the way to win was to kill the V.C. first and pacify the population later. The Marines replied that search-and-destroy tactics suitable for the wastes of the Central Highlands could not be employed in the populous seacoast of "Eye" corps. Moreover, they pointed out, wherever Army troops pulled out, the Viet Cong flowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armed Forces: Leader for All Reasons | 6/9/1967 | See Source »

Masking the Ambush. Having ferreted out a likely target, often a firm with somnolent management, surplus cash, unused debt capacity or a low return on its capital, attackers go to great lengths to mask their ambush. While Pennzoil planned its takeover of United Gas Corp. a year and a half ago, says Pennzoil Financial Vice President J. H. Young, "my own secretary didn't know what was going on. If there had been any leak, the price of United's stock would have gone so high that we might not have wanted to monkey with it." Even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mergers: The Tender War | 6/9/1967 | See Source »

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