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...robbed!" came the battle cry. A youth hurdled a 3½-ft. fence onto the track, brandished a fist-and hundreds swarmed after him. They attacked the judge's booth at the finish line, injuring John DeMatteo, who was pinned inside. They threw bottles at the infield tote board until the lights that indicate the amount of money bet finally winked out. They pulled a sulky from the paddock and set it afire. Bands of vandals dashed wildly through the stands, breaking windows, lighting bonfires, ripping program booths apart...
...from the University of San Francisco in 1951. He won a combat infantryman's badge in Korea, became a pilot in 1955, took command of the U.T.T. Company last November. Slavich runs an easygoing outfit at his base at the edge of Saigon airport. Like tourists, some pilots tote cameras on missions, and Slavich himself used to take his German shepherd, Princess, along on sorties until the pup became so shell-shy that she nearly jumped out of the chopper when the rockets were fired...
...Sand Mountain area between Chattanooga, Tenn., and Gadsden, Ala., is no place for pilgrims. It is a land of mountaineers who tote rifles in their cars, glare in suspicion at strangers, and believe unshakably in racial segregation. Last month William Moore, a onetime mental patient, thought he might change things by walking through the area displaying civil rights signs. It cost him his life; he was found shot dead on U.S. Highway 11 (TIME, May 3). Last week, following in his footsteps, came ten more civil rights hikers. They were arrested as they crossed the Alabama line, but others were...
...days, nobody in Jefferson County (pop. 245,659) had to look hard for diversion. Downtown clubs and suburban roadhouses sported open bars in defiance of Texas' liquor laws. Bookmakers' tote boards were visible through many a plate-glass window; odds were available on everything from Florida horse races to Beaumont high school football games. Madams of the 20 brothels offered special matinee rates for teenagers. The law looked on amiably (though there was a police order ruling the brothels off limits to 14-year-olds and under). Only one gambling arrest was recorded in Beaumont in 35 years...
...balls, are responsible. "They have a harder finish." says he. "And the light bats have that good whip action." As if to back up Rigney, the Tigers' Cash does his heavy hitting with a 31-oz. bat. lightest on the team. By comparison. Ruth used to tote a 42-oz. shillelagh to the plate...