Word: druggists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There were ironies in the matching of man and mythic background. John Wayne entered the world on May 26, 1907, as Marion Michael Morrison, the son of an Iowa druggist who migrated to the San Fernando Valley, just east of Los Angeles. Young Michael played football for U.S.C. but retained many more intellectual interests than he liked to admit...
...over. I want this same crowd around when I'm found innocent." Co-Defendant Mitchell claimed the indictment was an act of Yankee malice. Said he: "The War Between the States? They said it was over 100 years ago." Mullins, a former druggist in Calhoun, sounded equally aggrieved: "Apparently, my only crime was being a friend of Bert Lance's and a supporter of Jimmy Carter...
Further liberalization of the segregation laws is promised, although the concessions, as always, will come too late to satisfy rising black aspirations. Last month urban blacks were authorized to hold 42 more kinds of jobs than before?including those of auctioneer, druggist, chiropractor and boardinghouse keeper. Officially, pay scales for black and white workers are the same; in practice, blacks earn far less than whites who hold the same jobs. A fortnight ago the government announced its intention to modify slightly the hated pass laws; henceforth blacks will be allowed to carry "travel documents" rather than the present identity books...
Luckily, at least some of the buffoonery provokes laughs. One especially funny moment occurs when Dick attempts the robbery of a drugstore. He starts feeling around inside his pants for the gun; the druggist winks slyly and offers him six brands of prophylactics. And, when the two hold up the telephone company, a line of customers filing complaints immediately begins to applaud. One woman even advises them to shoot the computer...
FAIRY: Mr. Goodwin, the busybody druggist who is letting his musty store run photogenically down while he campaigns against cavities. Maybe a discount chain will drive him off the block in the new year...