Walter Matthau a natural offstage comedian
HAL BOYLE profiles Walter Matthau, praised for natural charm off screen. From poverty childhood to heart attack survival, Matthau describes life as funny and his career arc from Yiddish theater to The Odd Couple and beyond. He values good roles over stardom and enjoys both serious and funny work.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Walter Matthau
Walter
Matthau
Pete ‘N
Tillie
Coldwater East Side
Inter
Jack Lemmon
White House denies rift with Kissinger amid Vietnam talks
The White House rejects claims of discord between President Nixon and Henry Kissinger while noting tightened limits on their Vietnam policy. Kissinger met Nixon en route to Florida as Haig prepared to join them, with reports about U.S. aid and Thieu’s peace terms fueling speculation.
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Key Biscayne, Fla
White House
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Dr. Kissinger
Vietnam
Ronald L. Ziegler
Bayfront
Florida
Kissinger
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Saigon
Haig
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Thieu
Ziegler
Washington
Harvard
Biscayne
Illinois faces $50 million crop loss from drying gas shortage
Illinois could lose nearly 5 million bushels of grain as weather and a severe natural gas shortage hinder harvest and drying. Officials say 1.5 million bushels remain in fields and some elevators refuse more grain due to fuel limits. Soybeans may fall to $4.15 a bushel, corn to $1.35. Other Midwest states also hit.
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Ronald W. Browne
Associated Press
Illinois
Downstate
Gene Shutt
Illinois Department of Com
Merce
Midwest
Ohio
Iowa
Nebraska
Indiana
Hoffa Ordered to Pay Court Costs in 1964 Trial
James R. Hoffa and six codefendants must cover 35723.68 in court costs from the 1964 Chicago trial convicting them of diverting about 1 million in union pension funds. The defendants, not present at the ruling, include Dranow of Minneapolis Strate Jr. of New Orleans Burris Weinblat Kovens and Hyman all of Miami.
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Chicago
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
U.S. District Court
Richard B. Austin
U.S. Supreme Court
District Court
Benjamin Dranow
Minneapolis
Zachary Strate Jr
New Orleans
George Burris
New York City
Abraham Weinblat
Calvin Kovens
Samuel Hyman
Miami
Tire Belt Materials Shift by 1975 Says Owens-Corning VP
Alan R. Kerivan, vice president of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp, predicts fiberglass will be the dominant tire belt material by 1975, surpassing all other substances in use. He notes growth in fiberglass applications and industry shifts toward stronger, lighter components.
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New York
Alan R. Kerivan
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp
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Piazza del Popolo
Deny Kissinger
Liberty
Waverly
Morris
Grundy
Thomas H. Parks
Monson
Zeniths
1 of & Me
Carlyle
Zenith
Erith
Joliet
Scott and van Buren
Opal
Devcon Corporation
Total Service StranStcel
Cass
Ottawa
Alan Paine
al Baskin
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