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...conducted a year-long boycott of the transit system. In terms of concrete victories, this makes King a poor second to the brigade of lawyers who won the big case before the Supreme Court in 1954, and who are now fighting their way from court to court, writ to writ, seeking to build the legal framework for desegregation. But King's leadership extends beyond any single battle: homes and churches were bombed and racial passions rose close to mass violence in Montgomery's year of the boycott, but King reached beyond lawbooks and writs, beyond violence and threats...
...Having Writ, Moves On. In Hollywood, after cops bagged scofflaw Sidney Herman for jaywalking, discovered that he had 22 other traffic citations against his name, Herman explained his dodge for evading prosecution: "I move every few weeks...
...profitable. At 40? a barrel (v. $1.03 in the U.S.), Arabian Oil is one of the world's cheapest to produce, sells for $1.90 on the world market. From the beginning, Aramco's operations have been an exemplary display of enlightened management. In 1950, seeing the handwriting writ large across the Middle East by Britain's gathering troubles in Iran, Aramco increased the Saud share in the oil profits to 50%, the Middle East's first 50-50 contract, patterned on the pact made by Creole Petroleum with Venezuela. For its Saudi employees, Aramco has built...
Reason for the drastic action (as a Justice Department representative explained it to the court in asking for the writ): at a time when the nation and the free world face "the threat of Communist aggression," a continuation of the walkout would do the U.S. "irreparable injury...
...guard ushered him to a cell following his arrest for interfering with judicial procedure and left the cell door open on the assumption that he was there to interview a prisoner, Editor Salvador Gonzales of the daily Reportaje walked out of jail, rushed to a federal court, got a writ prohibiting his imprisonment...