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...last week of the passing of five tiny incorporated towns in the decade between counts. Lost River, Idaho, the bureau reported, had lost all 58 of its residents; Lakeside, Colo., declined from 28 to none; Westfall, Ore., from eight to none; Ridotto, Iowa, from six to none, and the lone resident of Ironton, Colo., either died or moved away. But towns, the bureau discovered, do not die easily. The inhabitants of Lost River complained loudly that any reports of the death of their town were greatly exaggerated. There are still 40 folks, mostly ranchers, living in the same Antelope Valley...
...eight years, on TV and in the movies, Harold J. Smith was known as Tonto, the bass-toned sidekick of the Lone Ranger (played by John Hart). But now Smith has assumed a more authentic Indian name. "Jay Silverheels is a translation of my Indian name," he explained after having it legally changed, "and since I'm an Indian, I've never seen a reason why I shouldn't use it." His grandfather became a Smith, Silverheels noted, when Indian officials advised members of the family to change their names "so that they wouldn...
...jury's final straw vote had been 11 to 1 for conviction. But Newton's reasoning was wrong. It was not the lone black woman on the jury who had won him a respite until he is tried again. It was a 50-year-old white housewife, Juanita Henderson, who describes herself as aggressive and insists that she went into the jury room with an open mind...
...recently, "as you descend in eloquence, you get closer to the money." One of his predecessors in the toughest Cabinet job, John Gardner, believes that "if he gets any kind of breaks, he'll be one of the best of HEW secretaries. You don't need a Lone Ranger. You need a man with damn good judgment and steadiness...
...Roma. According to Mary, he did not really intend to betray his country but to persuade it with right reason. He saw himself as a Confucian scholar-statesman, and plastered the town of Rapallo with moralistic slogans: HONESTY IS THE TREASURE OF STATES. His daughter sees him as a lone wolf howling in a world gone...