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This autumn, Judge Gerald D. Culkin handed down this verdict on the two Puerto Rican youths, which, unfortunately echoed the attitudes of men like Msgr. McCafferey. Before pronouncing the sentence, he issued a brief statement the gist of which was that society "must pursue the basic primary reasons for youthful outbreaks of violence." He then sentenced the youths to death in the electric chair. After the decision had been issued, a Times reporter learned that there was no previous record of a 17-year-old boy being sent to the electric chair...
...England in 1958. In London's sporty Sunday The People, Dick George (as he was known to his U.S. acquaintances) began telling about father last week in a serialization of a forthcoming biography. His introduction to Papa was enough to stop Big Ben, bells, cogs and counterweights. Gist of it all: the P.M. was just as active in the boudoir as in Parliament. By Richard Lloyd George's count, his sire had 18 mistresses over almost 50 years, and by them had sired four illegitimate children-Observes the son: by the time Lloyd George got around to marrying...
...gist of Alsop's criticism was that Gallup had taken voters who were merely "leaning" toward one candidate or another and had placed them in the "decided" column. Wrote Alsop: "All this is not intended to suggest that Dr. Gallup has been cooking his poll. Yet the facts "have to be faced that this poll has become a fairly major extra-legal institution of American politics. For this reason, such things as unannounced transformations of 'leaners' into 'decideds' do not serve the public interest...
...purpose: the "Clean 'Em Out Right Party." The label was designed to fit the Democratic "ins," but may apply also aptly to Addison himself. A federal grand jury in Fort Worth last week returned a 24-count indictment against Addison and six associates for fraud and conspiracy. The gist of the charge, as filed by representatives of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: in the past four years, John Milton Addison (né Milton Patrick Addison) has cleaned up about $1,250,000 from some 500 suckers in 24 states...
...gist of Dakin's argument is that Tom "is not a 'dirty' writer," that he is really turning out "morality plays." Exposure of Sin. Head on, Walter meets skeptics who find mostly corruption in his brother's work (see above...