Things Have Changed In Baseball Heroes Of Old
The article argues modern baseball players have broader income opportunities and higher education than earlier eras. It notes shifts in social origins, reduced folk hero ties, and the tension between remaining a revered sport figure and pursuing greater financial gains through endorsements and post career options. It cites data from 1963 and historical pay trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Andreano
Sporting News Baseball Register
Becaue
Babe Ruths
Ty Cobbs
Joe DiMaggios
New York Yankees
Brooklyn Dodgers
Ball
Cincinnati Red Stockings
King Talks of Struggles Leading Civil Rights Movement
An Associated Press profile portrays Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta as a principled leader balancing staff views with a movement under pressure. It notes his modest life, finances, family, and the moral basis for civil disobedience amid national acclaim and threats.
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Don McKee
Associated Press
Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr
Georgia
King
Auburn Avenue
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Harry Truman
Kingfish
de Land
Martin Luther Coon
Elmer Gantry
Dr. King
Moses
SCLC
President
Alabama
Gandhi
Thoreau
Albany
Selma
Ala
St. Augustine
Fla
Asa D. Kelley, Jr
Kelley
U.S
Nash returns to Baltimore where life slows for poet
Baltimore, Md. native Ogden Nash moves back to his city after 13 years in New York, citing rising costs and health. He works on a 15th poetry volume and two children's books, writing in longhand two hours each morning and afternoon. He avoids lectures and embraces a quieter pace, while recalling his early magazine success and signature humor.
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SCLC
Church
Morehouse College
King
Alabama
Boston University
New England Conservatory of Music
Louis G. Panos
Associated Press
Baltimore
Ogden Nash
New York
Nash
Squire
London
Madison Avenue
Murray Hill
Dorothy Parker
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Department of Economics
Earlham College
Richmond
Ind
Mudville
Transaction
Community Leadership Project
Washington University
St. Louis
California
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Michigan
South
Southwest
Babe Ruth
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Balti
New Yorker
Nas
Jamshid
Heinz
Campbell
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