Communicator Cordier Guides Columbia Through Campus Tensions
New Columbia acting president Andrew Wellington Cordier pledges open dialogue with any student to ease campus crises. The 67 year old diplomat, famed for coordinating the Congo UN force, defends his record amid student protests and envisions returning to the School of International Affairs after a one year tenure.
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Great Neck
Long Island
Andrew Wellington Cordier
Columbia University
U.N
Congo
Columbia
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Patrice Lumumba
Grayson Kirk
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University
John Jay Hall
School of International Affairs
United Nations
Bark-Based Booms Promise Oil Spill Cleanup
In Gavle Sweden fire chief Hans Fahlvik reports that powdered pine bark or bark pieces packed into nylon booms can quickly absorb oil in water offering a potential method to combat spill pollution.
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Gavle
Sweden
Hans Fahlvik
Ball Attacks Nixon Aide As Fourth-Rate Hack
United Nations ambassador George W. Ball launched his 1968 campaign with a sharp broadside at Richard Nixon and running mate Spiro Agnew calling them cynical. He predicted McCarthy would back Humphrey and planned West Coast travel as adviser and possible TV speaker. Ball said he resigns to aid the Humphrey campaign without Vietnam policy differences with Johnson.
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U.S
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Nixon
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Ball
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
West Coast
U.N
Johnson
Vietnam
Czechoslovakia
Huey Newton Sentenced 2 to 15 Years in Man Slaughter Case
Black Panther leader Huey Newton was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Officer John Frey in Oakland California. He received a two to fifteen year prison term set by the California Adult Authority, with the judge denying motions for a new trial or bail. Charles Garry said he would appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Huey Newton
California Adult Authority
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John Frey
Superior Court
Monroe Friedman
Charles Garry
Black Panther Party
U.S. Supreme Court
Television Highlights Evening Schedule Highlights
Channel listings describe the Jackie Gleason Show season opener with a Honey Mooners skit and a raccoon convention subplot. The Train stars Lancaster, Simon, Moreau and Scofield from the 1965 adaptation of Le Front del Art about a German colonel and the art train plot thwarted by the French Resistance. Hollywood Palace features Bing Crosby host with Sid Caesar and Your Own Thing guests. Star Trek has the Enterprise captured by a Romulan temptress affecting Spock.
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Paul Scofield
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Sid Caesar
Abby Lincoln
Jeannine Riley
Enterprise
Mr. Spock
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