Blind Novelist Fights Censorship In Supreme Court Tale
Mansfield Texas October 20 P Blind novelist John Howard Griffin famed for The Devil Rides Outside pursues a censorship battle as Detroit bans his first novel. Griffin 36 writes in French dictating to tape then translates to English and advocates a clear legal definition of obscenity before the Supreme Court ruling expected later this year. He lost sight in wartime service and now farms near Mansfield while continuing literary work and advocacy.
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Mansfield
Tex
United States Supreme Court
John Howard Griffin
Detroit
Griffin
France
U.S. Army
Pacific
Supreme Court
Dallas
Fort Worth
New Orleans
New York
Herbert Case
Longtime Civil War veterans defy age with simple living
Three surviving Confederate veterans, Salling 110 Lundy 108 Williams 113, share habits they credit for vitality. They tout hard work outdoor life and hearty home cooking over vitamins, with tobacco or liquor choices varying. Lundy remains sharp, though limited in movement while Salling recalls square dances and cider memories.
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Associated Press
John Salling
Slant
Walter Williams
Franklin
Texas
William Allen Lundy
Crestview
Fla
Williams
Bill” Lundy
Salling
Woolson
Lundy
Uncle Bill
Virginia
Hughie McKamey
Getting Jobs After 40 By JOHN KOENIG
A feature on the Forty Plus Clubs aiding executives over 40 in finding work after layoffs. The national conference coordinates with government and foundations, linking members to job opportunities while they volunteer two days weekly to assist peers.
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Meeting OF Minds
National Conference of Forty-Plus Clubs of
United States
Washington
Caleb G. Shipley
John Koenig
Sis
Forty Plus Club
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Buffalo
Forty Plus Clubs
Henry Carter
Alexandria
New National Office
Forty Plus
Ford Foundation
The
University Extension Brings College To Fort Bragg Soldiers
Five UNC professors boarded a station wagon and headed to Fort Bragg for a three hour extension course session. The Fort Bragg program is part of the Extension Division effort to reach NC communities with university education through mobile classes.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Fort Bragg
Mobile University
Extension Division
Bureau of Class Instruction
Sion
Princers
North Carolina
School of Education
Charlotte Graduate Center
High Point
Carthage
Rockingham
Goldsboro
Whiteville
Charlotte
Kkoy Sommerfield
Dwight C. Rhyne
Rhyne
School of Edees
Barbara Day lights up late night radio in New York
Barbara Day a WMCA New York disc jockey in her 30s and a divorced mother explains her night shift routine from 2 to 6 am. She uses a sultry voice to invite listeners while reading news scores and offering reflections on life and love.
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Saul Pett
New York
Barbara Day
Barbara
WMCA
White Sox
Red
Pickled Pigs Wine? Atascadero Drunk Pigs Stun Farmer
In Atascadero California farmer Jim Bentley fed three pigs barley soaked in water. The pigs became inebriated and unable to move prompting a call to a veterinarian who concluded they were drunk, not sick.
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Atascadero
Calif
Jim Bentley
Bentley
Sobentley
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William Lundy
Crestview, Fla
Slant, Va
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