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...with the Spark. And things have been getting worse, not better. In a statistical profile of the Negro published by the Federal Government last month, Hough mirrored the national picture: while some Negroes are absorbed into the middle class, the hard core poor grow ever poorer and more numerous. Between 1960 and 1965 in Hough, median family income decreased from $4,732 to $3,966. The percentage of families headed by women increased from...
Janet Murray refuses to follow the USES line. Three weeks ago, she presided over the founding of an exclusively-Spanish-speaking Mothers for Adequate Welfare (MAWS) chapter, which was formed because of the language difficulties encountered in the regular South End group. MAWS, whose Roxbury division helped spark the riots there last summer with a sit-in at Grove Hall, Roxbury's welfare office, is dedicated to keeping at least one segment of the poor strong and united. MAWS pressures welfare agencies to deal fairly with women whose husbands have deserted them...
When the thirsty Santa Ana wind began howling out of the Mojave Des ert last week, sucking dry the trees and chaparral, Southern California was only a spark away from a disastrous fire...
...Crane, who enjoys CCA endorsement and his allies (independents Walter J. Sullivan and Alfred E. Vellucci plus CCA-man Thomas H.D. Mahoney) have constantly fought the new administration. Virtually every proposal by DeGuglielmo has been passed by the same 5-4 vote. Debates have frequently been sharp; tempers sometimes spark at the drop of a phrase...
Styron's development of the relationship between Samuel Turner and Nat, if not among the most imaginative parts of the book, is certainly among the most sensitive and interesting. The slave boy viewed his master in awe, as almost divine. The master, in turn, when he saw a young spark of interest, gave Nat the encouragement and opportunity to learn to read...