Authors Warned Of Vanity Press
Washington AP reports the Federal Trade Commission warned naive authors about vanity publishers. The FTC explains vanity presses charge high fees and flatter authors rather than assess book merit. Fees range from 900 to 6000 dollars, with signs including advance payments, cooperative publishing pitches, and exaggerated royalties.
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Federal Trade Commission
Vanity Press
FTC
Vanity
Commission
Vanity Houses
Carpenter Arrests For Old Heard County Murder Case
A Macon carpenter James Durrough 57, also known as J L Daniel, was arrested on a murder charge in Franklin Georgia. He allegedly killed Kepa ane County man 27 years ago during a pistol argument. Durrough had lived under an assumed name and raised a family while working as a carpenter. He was indicted in absentia in 1932. seven jurors remain alive.
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Franklin, Ga
Macon
Carpenter
Virgil Bledsoe
Scar Nimon
Heard County
John Gibson
Bibb County
James Durrough
J. L. Daniel
Gibson
Durrough
Sheriff's Office
Equal Time Sought By Candidate
Lar Daly of Chicago says he has asked NBC for air time equal to that given Hubert Humphrey. Daly’s attorney cited the equal time provision of the Communications Act and noted Daly as a legal presidential candidate after testimony before Senate and House committees.
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Chicago
Lar Daly
United States
National Broadcasting Co
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Daly
Robert Sarnoff
NBC Board
Humphrey
NBC
Sarnoff
Coahiate Kar Poate
Senate Commerce Subcommittee
House
Federal Communications
Secrecy Delays Space Program Says Senate Group
A Senate subcommittee on space activities reported that presidential secrecy blocks Congress from obtaining basic policy details on the national astronomy program. It urged more complete information from NASA and comparable agencies and questioned whether withheld information is secret or presidential privilege.
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Washington
Senate Space
Congress
Committee On Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Subcommittee On
Governmental Organization For Space Activities
Congressional
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Gina Lollobrigida leaves role in Jovanka project
Rome AP Gina Lollobrigida quits the title role in a three million dollar film about a bald headed Yugoslav partisan girl. Filming began Monday. Producer Dino De Laurentiis cites illness and rest advised by doctors for two months. Some papers say she objected to shaving her head and proposed a cap to look bald. A replacement will be announced soon.
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Rome
Gina Lollobrigida
Dino de Laurentiis
Misss Lollobrigida
de Laurentiis
Viet Nam Reds Threaten Americans in Saigon
In Saigon, Radio Hanoi threatened Americans as North Viet Nam marks a historical anniversary. Officials say Diem government has the situation under control but advise Americans to avoid travel at night and crowded areas for a few days.
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South Viet Nam
Radio
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
U.S
United States
Radio Hanoi
Nhan Dan
North
Viet Nam
South
Viet
London Paris Time Cut Record For Air Relay
Lt Maurice Williams of the Royal Air Force set a new London Paris time of 41 minutes 14 seconds from the Arch of Triumph in Paris to Marble Arch in London. The event, by the Daily Mail to mark the 50th anniversary of Louis Blériot crossing the Channel, offers 5000 pounds.
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Paris
Maurice Williams
Royal Air Force
Arch of Triumph
Marble Arch
Air Force
John Volkers
London Daily Mail
English Channel
Louis Bleriot
Paul Bates
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