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...Cheered on by their womenfolk, Grenada's vigilantes savagely attacked terrified Negro children as they emerged from school. They trampled Richard Sigh, 12, in the dust, breaking a leg. Another twelve-year-old ran a block-long gauntlet of flailing whites, emerged with bleeding face and torn clothes. Still other Negro youngsters were thrown to the ground and kicked. "That'll teach you, nigger!" grunted one assailant. "Don't come back tomorrow." For good measure, the rowdies pummeled and kicked four white out-of-town newsmen. A pickup truck equipped with a two-way radio helped...
What was most important about the elections, in short, was that they were taking place at all. For with any luck, they would constitute the first step toward the construction of the democracy that Viet Nam has never known. The obstacles were many. In a nation torn by terrorism, if only 50% of the 5,250,000 registered voters went to the polls, it would be a signal victory for the government and give the lie to Viet Cong claims that the rebels control-or can coerce on command-most of the nation's population...
...Whitey Ford underwent surgery last month for a blocked artery in his shoulder. Shortstop Ruben Amaro tore his knee ligaments in the first week of the season. Mickey Mantle has missed 42 games with assorted aches and pains, and Roger Maris has been playing for three months with a torn leg muscle so painful that he cannot run out the infield grounders he now hits so consistently. Still, Yankee teams have been hard hit before: the 1949 club, for example, survived a succession of 71 separate injuries and won a pennant for Manager Casey Stengel-the first...
...world's largest urban society. The growth of the cities has been so swift that it has spawned some of the nation's deepest and most pressing problems. Throughout the U.S., the big cities are scarred by slums, hobbled by inadequate mass transportation, starved for sufficient finances, torn by racial strife, half-choked by polluted air. The nation's urban population is expected to double by the beginning of the next century-and so are the cities' problems...
...must have searched endlessly to find any possible justification for the Pat and Luci cover story [Aug. 5]. American soldiers are being killed in Viet Nam, many of our major cities are riot-torn, Britain's financial crisis is in its most crucial hour, and this country is faced with inflation and with crippling strikes. Although you may consider the marriage of Luci Johnson of paramount significance, I think I speak for the overwhelming majority of people who saw your story-who needs...