Jewish Writers Win Nobel Prize for Literature 1966
Stockholm awarded Samuel Joseph Agnon and Nelly Sachs the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature for their works on Jewish life and fate. Agnon, 78, Israel’s leading author, lives near Jerusalem. Sachs, 75, has resided in Sweden since fleeing Germany in 1940. Both are lifelong writers whose works span ancient and modern Jewish experience.
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Samuel Joseph Agnon
Nelly Sachs
Royal Swedish Academy of Letters
Agnon
Jerusalem
Israel
Miss Sachs
Sweden
Germany
Europe
Austria
Poland
Russia
Karl Ragnar Gierow
Academy
Mikhail Sholokhov
Court Rules Slayer of Premier Insane
The Cape Town Supreme Court ruled Demetrio Tsafendas mentally disordered when he assassinated Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd in Parliament. He was ordered imprisoned under the mental disorders act, with the state seeking a prison term rather than an asylum.
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Cape Town
South Africa
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Tsafendas
Willem van den Berg
van den Berg
Beyers
Nation's Lawmakers Pay Tribute to Harry Byrd
The Senate paused its adjournment drive to mourn Harry F. Byrd after 32 years as a stalwart. Leaders from both parties praised him as a tower of strength and a gentleman who governed Virginia and the nation with character and integrity.
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Harry F. Byrd
Washington
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Byrd
Virginia
Thomas Kuchel
Calif
Police Discount Percy Confession
In Chicago the bushy haired youth Gerald Walsh 19 blurted I killed Percys daughter while being prepared for a court appearance. Deputy Sheriff John Lacy said it was not a confession but an outburst during the restraint at the Cook County jail set in suburban Oak Lawn.
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Percy
Cook County
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Gerald Walsh
Surburban Oak Lawn
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