King urges students to curb anti Semitism at MIT event
Coretta Scott King urged college students to fight hatred in America as she spoke to about 1,000 at MIT Cambridge during a belated birthday tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. She praised MIT for a King race relations committee and a professorship for its first Black graduate, but warned more must be done.
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Calvin Klein to drop fur clothing label
Calvin Klein announced he will stop using fur across his fashion labels in favor of more humane animal treatment. The decision, made public on Thursday and linked to a November deliberation, followed protests at his corporate headquarters. PETA questioned the sincerity, while their spokeswoman Jenny Woods condemned the move as indecisive.
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Rice Keeps Film Rights To The Mummy In Ruling
A federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled Anne Rice may keep the film rights to her novel The Mummy. The dispute with producers Frank Konigsberg and Larry Sanitsky centered on an unwritten agreement and a late 1980s payment of 50000 dollars. The court found no formal contract existed and Rice cited a letter outlining the arrangement.
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Severed Parts tour funds medical bills in Las Vegas
John Bobbitt tours Las Vegas on a speaking circuit to raise about 700000 in medical and legal bills, having collected around 100000. He likens the event to therapy and hopes to sell his story to television. Audience member from New York comments on his fame and sport.
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Otis Campbell Actor Hal Smith Dies at 77
Hal Smith longtime actor known for Mayberry’s Otis Campbell on The Andy Griffith Show has died at his Santa Monica home. He was 77 and passed away January 28. He also voiced Winnie the Pooh after 1992 and appeared on Pat Paulsen’s Half a Comedy Hour in 1970.
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Nurse sues Limbaugh for libel over transsexual lesbian claim
Sherrol Miller 45 files a libel suit alleging Rush Limbaugh defamed her in See I Told You So by calling her a transsexual lesbian. The suit seeks unspecified damages and notes the book quoted a Wall Street Journal piece that mixed up Miller with Kate Bornstein of San Francisco. Limbaugh’s publisher Simon & Schuster has not corrected the error as copies remain on sale. Andrew Giangola of the publisher denied the reference. Attempts to contact Limbaugh were unsuccessful.
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UMass Students Win Chancellor Backing After Sit‑In
Amherst protesters end 14 hour occupation as Chancellor David Scott agrees to oppose any tuition and fee increases while seeking a 3 percent rise in state funding to cover inflation. Student leader David Nunez says the victory preserves the university’s affordability and future direction.
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TV Lineup for Today’s News Shows
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Hauptmann guilty in Lindbergh baby kidnap case
Historical note recalls the 1935 Flemington jury verdict finding Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of first degree murder in the Lindbergh infant kidnapping and death, a case leading to his execution. An Arizona history snippet mentions Governor Louis Hughes urging Southern Pacific Railroad to refuse transport of suspected unlawful entrants.
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Parliament Adopts Rough Talk On Floor Amid Loud Exchanges
A December AP dispatch from Australia notes lawmakers address each other with harsh terms, including perfumed gigolos and terms like brain damaged harlot sleazebag scumbag mental patient and dog’s vomit overheard during floor debates.
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