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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1977

Page

4

Roots tied reissues for two Bantam titles

Bantam Books will reissue Jubilee by Margaret Walker and The African by Harold Courlander amid a copyright dispute with Alex Haley. Walker sues Haley for infringement over Roots, while Courlander claims similarities in theme and plot. Jubilee sold over one million copies. The African initial print run was 200,000.

New York Alex Haley Bantam Books Jubilee Margaret Walker Bantam Harold Courlander Miss Walker Haley Doublejay Georgia Courtander Roots

Quarks Hint At Subatomic Reality From Stan ford Find

Stanford University researchers report tentative evidence of fractional electric charges near one third, observed in niobium bead experiments. If confirmed, the discovery would alter long standing views of atomic structure and support quark theory, with work to be presented at the American Physical Society meeting.

Stanford University Wilam M. Fairbank Arthur F Hebard George 5. LaRue Washington American Physical Society Hebard Will Bell Telephone Laboratories Stanford National Science Foundation Nes Fairbank

Navy seeks to assign more women to sea duties

Navy proposals would allow women to land on aircraft carriers and serve temporarily on combat vessels for the first time since 1948. Secretary Claytor backs limited sea duty, while Congress faces opposition from traditionalists. A group of female officers sues to overturn the old law as unequal, but Adm. Holloway supports eventual full assignments aboard combat ships.

Washington Navy Secretary of the Navy W. Graham Claytor Jr Office of Management and Budget Chief of Naval Operations San Diego U.S. District Court Claytor Holloway

Gummo Marx laid to rest in private memorial service

Gummo Marx Milton died in Palm Springs at 84 from natural causes. A private Monday service at Forest Lawn honored the behind scenes member of the Marx Brothers, who served as Groucho’s business manager and agent. Survived by son Robert and daughter Kay Silverman, relatives attended.

Glendale Groucho Marx Gummo Groucho Arthur Erin Fleming Milton Forest Lawn Church of the Flowers Zany Brothers Hollywood 2Eppo Robert Kay Silverman Los Angeles Rabbi T. Galpert

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