Ghetto Games: Rat Hiding and Springtime in Harlem
New York report on Spanish Harlem shows children trap cockroaches and race them, pound cars, play basketball in breezeways, and use rats in games. Adults observe, describing life in the ghetto as harsh yet normal, with spring revealing scars rather than blossoms.
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New York
Washington
Seattle
Park Avenue
Harlem
Manhattan
96Th
Dallas
Spanish
Hero
Woman in a Window on West 125th An Antiwar Pioneer Ahead of Her Time
Anne Upsure, 84, living in Harlem, appears as a quiet symbol of early pacifist activism. Once a stage director and partner to a musician, she embodies Gandhi inspired satyagraha and inter racial harmony, preferring anonymity to publicity while seeking a kinder world.
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Julio Ortiga
119Th Street
Harlem
114Th Street
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
NEW York
NEA
Manhattan
West 125Th Street
Anne Upshure
Anne Upsure
Whitman
Rennie Davis
Benjamin Spock
Anne
Gandhi
Washington
Vietnam
Youth Beat The National Report On What’s Happening
A compact dispatch highlights rising trends and key stories across youth culture. It notes shifts in education, employment, and community programs affecting young people nationwide with emphasis on notable initiatives and regional responses.
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the National Report
Oliver Swotford prism album marks new image
British pop figure Oliver Swotford known as Oliver returns with the United Artists release Prism. The singer shifts image and label and includes Your Song and For What It’s Worth in a transitional album while asserting a gentler approach to his audience.
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Starshine
William Oliver Swotford
Good Morning
Jean
Oliver
United Artists
Prism
Elton John
Buffalo Springfield
Funkadelic
England
Royal Albert Hall
London
Marion Herrold
Albert Hall
Frank Zappa
Mothers of Invention
Derby World
America
Mike Snell
Oakland Bay Bombers
Mike
Alvin York World War I Hero Profile
The World Almanac recounts Alvin York as a celebrated WWI figure who despite pacifist beliefs single handedly overpowered a German machine gun position killed 25 enemy soldiers and captured 132 prisoners. He received top decorations from the American and French governments.
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