Armstrong Named AP Newsmaker of the Year for 1969
Neil Armstrong dubbed AP Newsmaker of the Year for 1969. The Ohio native grew up avid about aviation, earned a pilot license at sixteen, and rose from Purdue engineer to NASA astronaut. He flew combat over Korea, later test flew rockets, joined the Apollo program, and achieved the first crewed Moon landing.
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Associated Press
Neil Alden Armstrong
Armstrong
Ohio
Purdue University
Navy
Korea
Purdue
National Advisory Council On Aeronautics
Cleveland
Council
DeGaulle Named Foreign News Maker of the Year
The editors choose General Charles De Gaulle as foreign news maker of the year for his leadership during World War II and his years as France's leader amid exile, liberation, withdrawal, and later upheaval over Algeria and reforms.
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Charles DeGaulle
France
DeGaulle
London
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Smothers Brothers Clash With CBS Over Censorship
The Smothers Brothers led a prolonged clash with CBS over TV censorship as they pushed for a program reflecting their views. Tom and Dick Smothers were fired last April but plan a television special and may pursue a return in a new series with another network.
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Tom and
Dick Smothers
CBS
Network
Smothers Brothers
Tom
Portugal's Leading Poet Jose Regio Dies at 80
LISBON AP Jose Regio Portugal's leading poet and literary critic died today at the age of 80. He published his first book of poems in 1926 and many of his works were translated into French English and Spanish.
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Lisbon
Jose Regio
Portugal
Knowles to Health Post Faces AMA Opposition
In early 1969 Dr John H Knowles accepted the role of Assistant Secretary of Health Education and Welfare for Health and Scientific Affairs, but AMA resistance to his liberal medical views halted the appointment. Dr Roger O Egeberg was later chosen as successor after political pressure.
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John H Knowles
Massachusetts General Hospital
American Medical Association
National Institute of Health
Consumer Protection and Environmental Services
Knowles
AMA
Roger O. Egeberg
University of Southern California Medical School
Labor Leader Meany Denounces Haynsworth Nomination
AFL-CIO president George Meany credited with aiding the 1969 defeat of Clement F. Haynsworth in the Senate. He testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee that Haynsworth was anti-labor, indifferent to Negroes' hopes, and lacking ethical standards, declaring he is not fit to be an associate justice.
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George Meany
Afl-Cio
Senate
Nixon
Supreme Court
Clement F. Haynsworth
Meany
Organized Labor
Haynsworth
Senate Judiciary Committee
Miss Plainsman Becomes Mrs Plainsman in College Honor
Moira Junk of Merino Colorado wed Don Jackson of Matheson after graduating Northeastern Junior College. The Plainsman awards are given annually by the school yearbook for notable campus honors.
The Life of James A. Pike The Controversial Bishop
The Reverend Dr. James A. Pike famous for challenging church doctrine and his near 1966 heresy trial spent 56 years seeking clear meaning in faith. He faced personal tragedy including his son’s death and two divorces, resigned from organized religion in 1969, and died in the Israeli desert after a fall during a motor trip with his third wife.
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James A. Pike
Episcopal
California
Pike
Judean
Civilization
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Still News Figure A Year After Wedding
A year after marrying Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis age 40 remains in the news not for deeds but for her continued status. Her fame as a former First Lady keeps global curiosity alive about her life around 1969.
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Aristotle Onassis
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Jackie Watchers
United States
Donaldson Led Firm's Push for Public Ownership
William H. Donaldson, president and CEO of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, steered the broker to seek public ownership of NYSE member firms. The move would amend the NYSE constitution to allow pension funds and mutual funds to become exchange members, reshaping commissions and the securities industry.
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William H. Donaldson
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
New York Stock Exchange
Donaldson
NYSE
Exchange
Pension Funds
Mutual Funds
Insurance Companies
Namath Leads Jets Past Colts in Super Bowl Clash
Joe Namath, famed Jets quarterback, guided New York to a 16 to 7 victory over Baltimore in the Super Bowl. The star later sparked controversy by retiring and unretiring amid a dispute with Commissioner Pete Rozelle over his stake in Bachelors III, a noted East Side nightclub linked to gamblers.
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Joe Namath
New York Jets
Jets
Baltimore
Pete Rozelle
Mailer Gains Notoriety for War Protests and Elections
Norman Mailer, 46, won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for Armies of the Night about four days of October 1967 protests at the Pentagon. He also ran in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, though he conceded he had little chance of victory. He campaigned to spotlight city ills, despite a reputation for heavy drinking and combative speech.
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Norman Mailer
New York City
Mailer
Pentagon
Building Permits Rise in South Carolina Cities
The 5th District Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond reports permits in South Carolina’s 10 largest cities totaled 127 million dollars in the first 11 months, up from about 90 million in the same 1968 period.
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Richmond
South Carolina
Federal Reserve Bank
Funeral Services Set for Mrs Leaphart at Bethany Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs Ference Powell Leaphart 310 Laurens St North will be held at Bethany Cemetery Saturday at 11 am. The Rev Julian F Craig will officiate. Survivors include two nieces Mrs Barney Rickenbacker of Atlanta and Mrs William E Cabaniss of Royal Oak Va one nephew Charles J Hill of Aiken. She died Tuesday in an Augusta nursing home. She was a native of Aiken daughter of the late James and Mary Bryan Powell widow of Sam Leaphart of Lexington and a member of First Presbyterian Church. Pallbearers listed
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Ference Powell Leaphart
Laurens St. North
Bethany Cemetery
Julian F. Craig
Barney Rickenbacker
Atlanta
William E. Cabaniss
Royal Oak
Charles J. Hill
Aiken
Leaphart
Augusta
Funeral Services for Miss Emily Jumper Held in Aiken
Funeral services for Miss Emily H. Jumper 157 Chesterfield Street North were conducted at the First Baptist Church with Dr. Robert L. Cate officiating. Burial followed at Bethany Cemetery. Surviving are sister Kathleen Jumper of Aiken and brothers L. B. Jumper of Greenville and Rev. Wade W. Jumper of Toronto. Miss Jumper, a native of Inman, lived in Aiken since 1925 and taught public school music for 35 years.
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Emily H. Jumper
Chesterfield St. North
First Baptist Church
Robert L. Cate
Bethany Cemetery
Kathleen Jumper
Aiken
L. B. Jumper
Greenville
Wade W. Jumper
Toronto
Canada
Inman
Coker College
Julliard Music School
New York City
Alpha Psi Omega National Drama Society
Columbia Public Schools
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Speed Flight Center
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Calif
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
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Algeria
Charles DE Gaulle
Science
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Labor
Bishop James A. Pike
Jacqueline Kennedy
Onassis
Mrs. Leaphart
Emily Jumper
Jumper
Aiken County Hospital
Miss Jumper
Garland
Eckerd Stores
Aiken, S.C
North Augusta Plaza
Walton Way
Gordon Highway
Daniel Village Shopping
Candoliers
Delune
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