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...Lord Jeffs took four of the seven contests, all on points, lost two decisions, and suffered one pin, leaving the mat score Amherst 12, Crimson 11. The victory margin came at the scales where the Jeffs forfeited the 167-pound bout...
Crimson captain Phil Burnaman scored the only pin of the day, squashing Bob Thompson under a half nelson in 7:21 of the 147-pound contest. The rest of the varsity's points were scored by Ed Keating at 137 (6 to 5) and Dick Hook at 157. Keating's margin came on a penalty against his opponent, Jim White, for illegal use of the hands...
...antiquated methods of the Mississippi police, which has never been noted for scientific medico-legal methods. What is surprising, however, is that the NAACP, which certainly knew that the body's identification would be the crucial issue, did not use some of its own resources to pin down the identification. It may have been, of course, that such was done, and that no positive evidence (dental records, X-rays, etc.) could be obtained...
...lawyer's wife, who wore a gold pin shaped like a poodle with ruby eyes on a fashionably faded denim dress, spoke up for the culprit. "Maybe," she said, "he's just neurotic. You know, a member of the out-group trying to get in. Or maybe," the afterthought was startling, "maybe he's just trying to be funny...
...University of Washington, too, had trouble and almost criminated its single charity drive. Instead, however, it decided to try the drive again, this time employing strong social pressure to ensure campus-wide donations. Everyone who contributed proved his good standing by wearing a yellow and purple pin: pity the student who tried to buck that drive...