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...beating of wings sounded like thunder in the crisping air. Across 700 miles of flat and rolling water-flecked land from Alberta through Saskatchewan and on east to Manitoba, Canada's great duck factory was emptying for the winter. Some 200 million ducks, incubated in millions of prairie potholes and marshes that yield 65% of the continent's waterfowl, began the long flight south. From Canada they will scud at 40 to 50 m.p.h. over the four great fly ways (see map) to winter havens scattered from the southern U.S. to northern Peru. Along the way, millions will...
After the stunned silence Angie stood off angry questioners; the meeting broke up without taking any action. The duck-tailed haircut set soon drifted back to classes, and the N.A.A.C.P. pressed suit to force the school board to carry out the provisions of its integration plan. But Angie Evans was the center of most attention. Why did she do it? "Someone had to speak up." said Methodist Angie. "I just don't think segregation is a Christian thing...
...been in other places than Little Rock Central High School. Arkansas communities integrated last year: Fort Smith. Fayetteville, Bentonville, Charleston, Hoxie, Ozark. Hot Springs, Van Buren. But this year the Negroes were welcomed back to Van Buren High by a band of 40 to 50 white boys, mostly duck-tailed types, jeering, catcalling, howling, holding up placards that read: NIGGERS GO HOME! CHICKEN WHITES go TO SCHOOL WITH JIGS! One night the whites burned a Negro in effigy on the school flagpole. The white hoodlums proclaimed a school strike, sent off a telegram to Governor Faubus: IN ORDER TO STAY...
...gilt-edged Café Chambord has warmed its cash registers by freezing its delicacies for retail sale, offers a full French line, from single portions of sauce Périgourdine ($1.25) and pompano Véronique ($4.50), to complete dinners for eight at $100 (sea food au gratin, duck au Grand Marnier, soufflé au chocolat...
Like an eager duck bobbing after great white swans, a venerable, 33-ft. cabin cruiser named Foto last week followed the four sleek 12-meter yachts sailing over the course near Newport, R.I. Skittering across the yachts' bows, hovering a few yards off their lee rails, Foto followed every tack and tactic of the observation trials that will help select the boat to defend the America's Cup against the British in September...