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Father Joseph Fitzpatrick's view on Puerto Rican crime [Oct. 26] is the typical head-in-the-clouds attitude of sociologists, who spend too much time in the library and not enough time in the streets. Irish and German immigrant crime a century ago is a historical fact but not an excuse for today's crime. Father Fitzpatrick and other sociologists should present workable solutions to immigrant crime instead of simply apologizing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 16, 1959 | 11/16/1959 | See Source »

Shortage of Dancing Girls. But once the two mayors were buckled in their C121 (Constellation) seats for the flight to Tyndall, the story of their disillusionment-as recorded in sworn statements by Air Force and civilian witnesses and bolstered by Air Force movies-read differently. First off, Mayor Fitzpatrick asked if there were a bar on the plane. Told that Air Force planes are not so equipped, the mayor said: "Well, boy, I've got my own bar." Soon. Healy and Fitzpatrick, after pouring drinks for some other passengers, finished off one fifth, then another ("Here...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Tale of Two Mayors | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

...tale of the two mayors began innocently enough after Burlington's Mayor Fitzpatrick, 51, and Rutland's Mayor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Tale of Two Mayors | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

...mayors were still flying when their aircraft stopped at the ramp at Tyndall. Mayor Healy, in fact, swayed so much as he egg-walked down the steps that an officer stood by to catch him. When an Air Force car drove Healy and Fitzpatrick to their billet at a motel 30 miles away, the two mayors, says Motel Owner Fred Faulkner, "had to be helped to their room." And when an officer arrived later to give them some information about Project William Tell, Healy made three requests: he did not want to be bothered with any of "this William Tell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Tale of Two Mayors | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

More Dead Than Alive. Next day, as the 100 or so other Air Force guests crowded around closed-circuit TV sets at Tyndall to watch the high-altitude shoots, Healy and Fitzpatrick. who did not show up for the demonstration, decided that they had had enough of that "William Tell stuff." To Motel Keeper Faulkner's relief, they made plane reservations for New Orleans, bought their own plane tickets, paid Faulkner $32 for long-distance calls, and went away, leaving two more dead soldiers behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Tale of Two Mayors | 11/2/1959 | See Source »

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