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...literature about Los Angeles, or something darker (The Day of the Locust). It seems to beget in the outsider the tendency to be snide, to say, for example, that if Houston is the buckle on the Sunbelt, L.A. is the melanoma. "Double Dubuque," H.L. Mencken called it. Westbrook Pegler proposed that the city be declared incompetent and placed in the charge of a guardian...
...most of the game, Harvard found itself dominated by a potent Holy Cross double threat: great outside shooting and even better rebounding. Crusader junior guard Jim Runcie (16 points) and Larry Westbrook (eight-for-10, all from beyond 15 feet) connected from all over the court. And when Harvard played its 3-2 defense more closely, center Ernie Floyd and forwards Walter Coates and Pat Elzie used their quickness and inside strength to give the Cross two or three field goal attempts each trip down the floor...
After Crusader guard Brian Reale missed a free throw, Harvard exploded for a fast break when sophomore guard Pat Smith found senior Ken Plutnicki (20 points) under the boards for the easy lay-up. Then, with only 1:20 to go, Crimson guard Bob Ferry intercepted a pass from Westbrook and dished off an assist to Plutnicki, who again was standing under...
Again, Harvard refused to die, as Ferry sank four straight freebies from the line Ferry's second turn resulted when Harvard's tenacious defense forced a five-second violation, as Crusaders were unable to connect to the in-bounds pass. Westbrook fouled Ferry on the following play...
Peppered by criticism in what he called "our sabotage press," Truman frequently read the newspapers and blew his cork. He lectured reporters on the sins of their profession, calling William Randolph Hearst "the No. 1 whore monger of our time" and Columnist Westbrook Pegler "the greatest character assassin in the United States." Other public figures earned his unposted scorn, including "Squirrel Head Nixon" and Senator Estes Kefauver, whom Truman called "Cow-fever." Explaining his decision to relieve General Douglas MacArthur of command during the Korean War, he mentioned the "insubordination of God's right hand man." During...