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...Judge Rupert Crittenden was passing out jail sentences of up to 90 days, most of them suspended, and fines ranging from $50 to $300 to some 754 convicted campus rebels. Nearly half of them informed Crittenden that they would not accept a probationary condition that he also imposed: to refrain from any more illegal demonstrations for up to two years. The judge responded with tougher sentences, generally the option of paying higher fines or going to jail for longer terms. Among those refusing probation was Free Speech Movement Leader Mario Savio, who haughtily told the court that he could...
...said in a letter to the Stanford chapter: "I personally would not resent having a high-class Chinese or Japanese boy admitted to Sigma Chi. But I know full well that his presence would be highly resented on the West Coast. Therefore I must submerge any personal feeling and refrain from proposing a Japanese or Chinese boy because of the reaction it would cause among your alumni." Sigma Chi's attitude so irked Montana Senator Lee Metcalf, who joined Sigma Chi at Stanford, that he asked Keppel whether such discrimination violated the Civil Rights...
McDonald had finally agreed to refrain from contesting the February Steelworkers presidential election that he lost to Secretary-Treasurer I. W. Abel by 10,142 votes out of 607,678 cast. In that election there were charges of wholesale fraud from both sides-and evidence that both sides were right...
Young Lyndon insisted upon respect from his pupils. He spanked disorderly boys, tongue-lashed the girls. He taught fifth, sixth and seventh grades, demanded that his classes greet him daily with a loyal refrain...
...records (1964 sales: 12 million records). Next to the Mersey sound, the "Motown sound" currently dominates the rock 'n' roll market. It is a swingy city blues sound, propelled by a driving beat, tambourines, violins (from the Detroit Symphony), hand clapping and an ever-present "Oh yeah, oh yeah" refrain from the chorus...