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...have enough people on the waiting list to fill the 13 vacancies," Besso said, "if we can only get them to commit themselves in time." The offer of the round trip passage for $320 has been enlarged to include Radcliffe students as well as members of the University...
Staunch supporters of Stevenson claim he was misunderstood on the West Coast. If so, he has not yet corrected the misunderstanding. Last Sunday, reporters on Meet the Press questioned Stevenson sharply on his civil rights' platform. He analyzed each question semantically, refused to commit himself, and indignantly asked if it were necessary for the Democratic Party to go on record in favor of law enforcement. Stevenson further reasoned that since the Democrats had a good civil rights platform in 1952, they would probably have a good one again this year. At no time did the Governor speak with conviction...
...plan, a mob of 150, led by an officer of the North Alabama Citizens' Council, was to have stormed the auditorium and kidnaped Cole. Only the six showed up. So serious was the police view of the affair that two were charged with assault with intent to commit murder, the four others on lesser counts of conspiracy...
When black-haired Carolina was nine years old, she saw her father commit a murder. "Father was squabbling in the kitchen one night with a stranger," she remembers. "I heard them and went to look. On the kitchen floor I saw a man with his throat cut and his head all bloody. I hurried back...
...positions for would-be journalists, businessmen, scientists, and doctors are fairly common, budetary restrictions and inflexible hiring procedures generally prevent government agencies from offering any more responsible positions than filing or typing. Such work can give little of the encouragement that the college student must have before he can commit himself to a professional career...