Benny Burns Path From Comedy to Charity Concert Hero
Hollywood AP reports Benny, famed as a comedian musician, shifted to serious music and fund raising for symphonies. His Carnegie Hall appearance with Alfred Wallenstein helped push his total charitable contributions to over five million dollars. He credits President Truman’s library appeal and Jacksonville fundraising as pivotal, noting eight months of practice and time for concerts while balancing other work.
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Hollywood
Jack
Stey
Symphony
Jacksonville
Fla
Alfred Wallenstein
New
York
Carnegie Hall
America
Destruc
Benny
Lion
Wallenstein
Carnegie
Truman
America’s
Jackson
Indeville
Imag
Joy
U S Planes Raid Laos and Cambodia in Broad Offensive
U S bombers attacked targets along the Laos border with heavy air strikes around Sepone and bases in Thailand South Vietnam and South Vietnam forces reported capturing Sepone Lolo fire base and ongoing operations in eastern Cambodia U S helicopters flew thousands of support missions and U S command revised casualty figures with hundreds of crewmen killed wounded or missing amid the campaign
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Sepone
Laos
Cambodia
U.S
Thailand
South Vietnam
7Th Fleet
Gulf of Tonkin
Saigon
Lolo
Col
de Viet
Taxes and Bonds Dominate Texas Legislature Hearings
In Austin the Texas Senate tackles a new taxes bill as the House prepares final action on a two year state spending plan. The House also moves to authorize student financed college tuition bonds for eight new schools with Senate action expected on the related bill.
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Austin
Texas
House
Gus Mutscher
Senate
Senate State Affairs Committee
Ben Bates
Mutscher
Telehone Utilities Commission
Texas Council of Environmental Quality
House State Affairs Committee
Senate House
Phantom Opera Scandal Convicts 19 in Italian Embezzlement Ring
Rome court convicts 19 people over staged phantom operas aimed at embezzling government subsidies for shows between 1959 and 1963. Two former U.S. aircraft and Rome Opera House figures named among defendants receive prison terms. The case links to funding for performances at the Rome Opera House and other venues.
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Rome
UPS
Lao Bao
Paar
Saigon
U. S
Ministry of Tourism
Franz de Biase
Nicola de Pirro
Mario T Allegretti
Italy
West Virginia Strip Mining War Spurs State Debate
Ecologists and miners clash over strip mining in West Virginia. Critics cite environmental damage and tourism impact while supporters note 232 million dollars annual revenue and 22 000 jobs. Senate bill seeks stronger restoration, higher bonds, and a fund for reclaiming orphaned lands.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
State Senate
TVA faces suit over coal purchases and strip mining ban push
Environmental groups sue TVA in New York federal court alleging failure to file environmental impact statements for coal contracts to power southern generators. The bill seeks a one year ban on new strip mining permits in 36 counties and a 25 percent cap in 19 counties, with Kanawha County leader in stripped coal production.
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TVA
U.S. District Court
New York
Tennessee Valley Authority
West Virginia
Li Galperin Jr
Kanawhan County
Galperin
Kanawha County
Pioneer street names reflect frontier heritage across Texas towns
The article catalogs street names from several Texas towns showing a shift from traditional titles to era reflecting space age and new identifiers. It lists Native American named streets in Big Spring and other cities, with examples like Apogee Drive in Lockney and speculative Avenue X in Lubbock.
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Yellow House Ranch
Littlefield
Phelps Avenue
Friona
White Street
Tulsa
Hereford
Plainview
Hobbs
Big Spring
Lubbock
Flint Street
Slaton
Arrowhead Drive
Abilene
Red Deer Street
Canadian
Thunderbird Drive
Crosbyton
Pioneer Street
Lockney
Avenue X
John Doe
Clovis
Israel signals support for secure borders in peace talks
In a State radio interview Abba Eban says Israel will maintain the cease-fire on a reciprocal basis as long as no shots are fired and will not initiate shooting. The cabinet rejects full withdrawal from Sinai East Jerusalem West Bank Golan Heights Gaza. Prime Minister Meir says withdrawals possible to lines between cease-fire and pre-1967 borders but no exact areas disclosed.
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Abba! Eban
Sadat
Israel
Willl
Jerusalem
Egypt
Sinai
Jordan
East Jerusalem
West Bank
Syria
Golan Heights
Gaza Strip
Golda Meir
Pittsburgh
UPI
Meir
PPG
Patrons Shy Away From Pornography in Nation’s Libraries
In Chicago the American Library Association officials say public libraries avoid stocking pornographic content due to reader embarrassment and social mores. They note underground papers circulate despite opposition, while libraries in Tulsa Minneapolis and Groton defend access to diverse viewpoints amid protests and funding threats.
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Chicago
UPD
Judith Krug
American Library Association
Office For Intellectual Feedom
Krug
James Harvey
Harvey
Materia
Tulsa
Okla
Groton
Minneapolis
Victory Hopes Bolster U.S. Vietnam Pullout Plans
Washington officials cite Laos progress and project nearly 100000 more American troops to be withdrawn from South Vietnam by August. They note a May 1 target of 284000 troops and predict average monthly cuts of about 12000 beyond May, reducing total to roughly 40 percent of the April 1969 peak.
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Washington
Laos
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Nixon
Pentagon
U.S
Shootout on logging road near Seattle leaves three wounded
A sniper fire outbreak about 49 miles southeast of Seattle wounded Jaque M. Lesean a ski instructor Mary C. Plewnarz and Robert Bates as two deputy sheriffs and a state trooper closed in. The youth fired two .22 rifles. officers reported no return fire.
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Pingry
Seattle
Jaque M. Lesean
Mary C. Plewnarz
Buckley
Community Memorial Hospital
Enumclaw
Here
Robert Bates
Soviet missile buildup and arms talks stance
Jackson warns that the Soviet Union is deploying a new generation of offensive missiles and may take bigger political risks in the 1970s. He backs SAC talks that include offensive and defensive weapons and urges continued U.S. development of ant ballistic defenses to protect retaliatory forces.
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Jackson
United States
Russia
Nixon
U.S
Union Cites Rail Bargaining Key
In Cleveland AP reports the United Transportation Union cites resumed talks in Washington depend on rail carriers revising contract moratorium provisions. Talks recessed indefinitely Saturday. no nationwide strike agreed but selective strikes possible per Asst. Sec. of Labor IV. J. Usery Jr. status.
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Cleveland
United Transportation Union
Washington
Sec. of Labor IV
J. Usery Jr
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Frankfurt
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Europe
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Khe Sanh
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Apollo
Shepard
Ken
Hechler
D-W.va
Mitchell
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Roosa
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Roosa J
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Moon
Mideast
Bolt
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