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Among the darkest hours in Jack Kennedy's drive for the presidency were those of late April 1960, just before the Democratic primary in West Virginia. In the economically depressed state, the poorboy liberalism of Rival Candidate Hubert Humphrey seemed to be stirring the voters. Kennedy, fearful that Humphrey would beat him, called up a reserve weapon: Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.. whose father was still idolized in West Virginia...
...Darkest America. Will such high-caliber volunteers come forward? Quiet polls at 70 campuses have shown high enthusiasm. A growing trend among collegians to tutor slum kids and help the aged is additional evidence. Next month the U.S. National Student Association will sponsor a conference to spur...
...volunteers can be sure of at least one thing: their work in parts of darkest America may be harder than if they went to darkest Africa. "We don't want softies." says one Administration planner. "National Service Corps work won't be a picnic in Central Park nor an outing at Coney Island. In some places, it will be tougher than serving in the Peace Corps overseas...
Much of the material is too well known already (e.g. "The Vicar of Bray" and Richard II's lament about the "death of kings") and most of the rest had been better left in darkest obscurity (to wit, "A Ballad to an Absent Friend" by Prince Albert, and Beethoven's variations on "God Save The King...
Written down on the burning papers were the darkest thoughts, the most vexatious worries, the deepest hatreds that had come to the parishioners' minds during the service. As a way of starting the New Year right, Grace Methodist invites its congregation to "forget the past and face the future" by symbolically consigning hates and fears to the flaming urns. The unusual ceremony was introduced to Grace Methodist 15 years ago by Myers' predecessor, and in the past has been used by Methodist Youth Assemblies in Georgia...