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Finally the line of whites and blacks came into view. There were over 500 of them--at least half were Northern college students. Some wore yellow plastic riveters' helmets to protect their heads...

Author: By Peter Cummings, | Title: Montgomery Police Halt Tuesday March; Beatings Nearly Provoke Riot by Negroes | 3/24/1965 | See Source »

...over in ten minutes. Shoes, jackets, pools of blood, torn picket signs, plastic helmets--all these remained in the wake of the people. Grass lawns were torn up and the excited horses left dung on porches and in the streets. Now the people walked back to the Jackson St. Church. A Negro man clutched his head and moaned repeatedly while his friends helped him walk. Two white boys clutched handkerchiefs to stem the flow of blood from their faces. Two people remained behind, unconscious; the police put them in ambulances...

Author: By Peter Cummings, | Title: Montgomery Police Halt Tuesday March; Beatings Nearly Provoke Riot by Negroes | 3/24/1965 | See Source »

There will also be a "multi-science" department, in which a student will learn that a cleft palate, for example, involves anatomy, speech pathology and social work as well as plastic surgery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dentistry: Old School, New Style | 3/19/1965 | See Source »

...Life. A slot car is a plastic scale model of a real car. It runs on a slotted track. A fin under the nose of the car fits into the slot but does not lock there-nothing but the car's weight keeps it in place. Power is provided by electric current picked up by brushes that run along the metal strips flanking the slot. Race tracks have from four to six slots running parallel, each connected to a rheostat to enable the "driver" to control the car's speed. Herein lies the skill; going into a turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hobbies: Spin-Out on the Slots | 3/19/1965 | See Source »

...times have changed, and so have hair styles. Curls today are for the birds, and French poodles. Current styles call for sleek, straight hair. It is a look made possible only by the use of rollers, metal or plastic, ranging up to 3 in. in diameter and designed to subdue, not support, the slightest hint of curl. What rollers cost is sleep, and women who cannot get used to a Japanese wooden neck rest have only one choice: set at dusk and sit up till dawn or set by day, rest easy at night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Customs: The Day of the Roller | 3/12/1965 | See Source »

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