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Their frail, unlikely-looking champion, Mrs. Velma B. Johnston. 47. is a Reno secretary. Ten years ago she was shocked to see a truckload of frightened, bleeding wild horses on their way to the slaughterhouse. She investigated the methods of roundup and was even more deeply disturbed, launched a campaign that has won her the nickname, "Wild Horse Annie...
...afraid that his Ivory Coast, the richest country in the area, might have to foot most of the bills. He not only kept the Ivory Coast out, but persuaded Niger to stay out, too. His lobbyists were less successful in the Voltaic Republic, though they had recently sent a truckload of wedding gifts to the emperor of the country's Mossi tribe...
...along the route to the embassy it was met by a barrage of mud, stones and assorted filth. Further back waved crudely lettered signs: "Go home, little dog Rountree." "Rontry, do not step on our beloved land with your bloody feet!" Waiting at the embassy gate was a truckload of mobsters chanting, "Go home, Rountree ... Go home, Rountree...
Swinging sticks (see above) or using their handcuffs as clubs (see below), the police chased women away, and rounded up resisters by the truckload. In one day alone last week, 128 women were found guilty of unlawful demonstration, fined $9 apiece (two weeks' wages) with the alternative of one month in jail. Cried one: "We are all washerwomen. Please give us time to pay our fines." Next day 248 more went on trial. But in spite of the government's efforts, the black women's campaign against carrying the hated pass seems only to be beginning...
...stands to gain most by the jungle of models and gimmicks is the service man, few service men can actually carry all the parts needed to make repairs. Said a Pittsburgh service man called to replace the timer on a 1955 washer: "I've got a whole truckload of timers outside, but not one for your washer...