Neruda wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and Communist advocate, wins the Nobel Prize in Literature. President Allende names him ambassador to France. Neruda, age 67, will travel to Stockholm on December 10 to receive the award. He calls himself politically militant, and the academy lauds him as a strong nationalist and a poet of violated human dignity.
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Sammy Davis Jr Sees End to drinking era after near death
Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr 45 says he ended his drinking days last month after a liver ailment nearly killed him while performing at the Sands Las Vegas Doctors warned he would not live three years unless he quit He recalled starting drink at 9 am on movie days and joking about keeping up with others while admitting he began drinking around age 28 and used liquor to ease nerves until his health forced a change.
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the Sands
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Ag new hints Papadopoulos aims for return to military rule
Vice President Spiro Agnew, speaking in Athens on Thursday, said he is convinced Greek Premier George Papadopoulos intends to restore a military government. He did not specify when such a change might occur.
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Meany criticizes Nixon trips to Moscow and China
AFL-CIO President George Meany, in a television interview, questions President Nixon’s plans to visit Moscow and Beijing. He asks why Nixon would not visit other world leaders like Salvador Allende, suggesting a broader tour of worlds’ leaders.
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Ferrer Hospitalized After Collapse at Home
American actor and film producer Mel Ferrer, 54, was discharged from the London Clinic after a weeklong hospitalization for exhaustion believed caused by overwork. Authorities said he collapsed at his home recently and doctors attributed his condition to excessive work demands.
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Mel Ferrer
London
Protests near Soviet premier stir Montreal as 1200 march
In Montreal, about 1200 demonstrators from 19 ethnic groups marched on the Soviet consulate near the premier’s hotel while Alexei Kosygin dined. Police guarded the approach with motorcycles and cars as windows were broken and paint splattered the building.
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Airliner crash near Peoria kills 16 aboard
A United Airlines turboprop attempting an approach to Peoria Airport struck a utility line in rain and fog, crashing on a nearby farm. All 16 aboard perished, including Frank Hanson, company president, who piloted the Chicago to Peoria flight.
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