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...ALTON A. MCDONALD Judge Court of Common Pleas Cambria County Ebensburg...
...nudist is not guilty of "lewd exposure" in her own backyard. In East Moss Point, Miss., Baptist Preacher Dennis McDonald paid a sudden, proselytizing visit to Mrs. Laura Pendergrass, a member of the American Sunbathing Association. She was partly naked; he was wholly shocked. All of which earned Mrs. Pendergrass a $50 fine and a suspended sentence of 20 days in jail. Equally shocked, the Mississippi Supreme Court unanimously voided her conviction. Not only did the puritanical preacher ignore a "no trespassing" sign, bristled the court, but he also stayed to gawk for 45 minutes despite his self-proclaimed "purity...
...FULLBACK: Ray McDonald, 22, Idaho, 6 ft. 5 in., 242 Ibs. A bulldozing runner with amazing speed (9.9 sec. for 100 yds.) for his size, McDonald was the leading rusher in college ball, gained 1,329 yds. in 259 plays for an average of better than 5 yds. per carry. "We thought we had a sleeper," moans one scout, "until he scored five touchdowns in one game and got a lot of publicity...
Admiral David McDonald, chief of naval operations, recently returned from Viet Nam, translated this argument into flesh-and-blood terms last week. "The bombing," he reported, "is substantially slowing down the infiltration of men and supplies into South Viet Nam, and the slowdown has saved an awful lot of lives of Marines and Army soldiers on the ground." The price of another long pause would thus be prohibitively high unless the other side responds in kind. From Hanoi to date there has been only silence on this score...
Similar displays were seen all over the U.S. Southwest. One meteor so illuminated the skies over New Mexico that it cast shadows on the ground. Astronomer Nathan Fain, at the University of Texas' McDonald Observatory, called it a "historic shower," possibly greater than any in the past...