Word: floridians
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...case is under way, the testimony may be pretty raw. Mrs. L. L. Peterson of Houston, who served on a jury in a torture-murder case a few years ago, described the evidence as "gruesome and sickening." And the ordeal does not always end with the trial. A Floridian who sat on a jury that acquitted a man of murder, received crank calls long afterward. Among the letters sent to him was an anonymous one that read: "I want you on my jury if I ever commit murder...
...Floridian "Chappie" Chapman, 54, was the dark horse choice between two other, better-known lieutenant generals, both also 54: popular, barrel-chested Lewis Walt and acerbic, shrimp-sized (5 ft. 4 in., 134 Ibs.) Victor H. ("Brute") Krulak. Walt and Krulak have vastly more combat experience than Chapman and both are experts on Viet Nam. Both are also controversial. Waltwhom the President last week named assistant commandant-has been criticized, unjustly, for not being aggressive enough during his two years as the Marine commander in Viet Nam. Krulak, a favorite of Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and President Kennedy...
...women's 400-meter freestyle against the reigning world record holder, Pamela Kruse, 17, of Pompano Beach, Fla. She obviously has no respect for her elders. Leaving the aging Pamela struggling vainly in her wake, Debbie splashed to a daylight victory in 4 min. 32.6 sec., beating the Floridian's world mark by a fantastic...
...high-domed, husky (6 ft. 31 in.) Floridian with a deceptive, country-cousin air, Lawyer Boyd comes to the job with impressive professional credentials. A combat pilot with more than 3,000 hours of flying time (World War II and Korea), Boyd served successively on state commissions to improve Florida's aviation, highway and railroad systems. A self-styled "Eisenhower Democrat," he was summoned to Washington by Ike in 1959 to serve on the CAB. After President Kennedy appointed him CAB chairman in 1961, Boyd showed his scrappy independence by voting to deny Boston-based Northeast Airlines' application...
Cater Lord, who made six catches in the Brown game, is on the verge of breaking Wally Grant's season record of 20 receptions during the 1964 season. The sure-fingered Floridian needs only one more to tie Grant and he should be able to get at least that in the Yale game...