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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1969
Page
3
The 63 year old Irish French playwright Samuel Beckett is awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in literature valued at 72 500 dollars. He writes in French from Paris and is known for Waiting for Godot and Molloy among other works.
The secret service said it seized a record 12 million dollars in counterfeit currency in fiscal 1969. Director James J. Rowley noted 1,394 arrests for counterfeiting, a new high, with about 3 million dollars reaching the public.
The New York Congress of Parents and Teachers backed sex education for K through 12, voting to support state and local school boards in creating programs that emphasize emotional physical and social responsibilities in family life and sex education.
UPI reports Senate debate on Clement Haynsworth's Supreme Court nomination may shift to mid November as lawmakers like Bayh Hollings and others travel abroad for conferences in Brussels Paris and New Delhi. The Judiciary Committee plans to report next month with action possibly by the week of November 10.
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