Celebrity marriages and public receptions across cities
Beverly Hills notes Lieille Ball and Desi Arnaz wept at their daughter's wedding as Arnaz recalled crying after the ceremony. Abilene marks Estes parole, 25th wedding anniversary, with 600 friends attending a reception honoring the couple. London reports Nicol Williamson and Jill Townsend wed in a civil ceremony. Broadway reports Anne Baxter replacing Lauren Bacall in Applause after All About Eve fame. New York covers Betty Furness calling for a male successor to head New York Consumer Protection Board amid calls for more women participation.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Lieille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Abilene, Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
Ginsberg to face obscenity charge in Italy case
An appeals court in Terni ruled that Allen Ginsberg must be tried for obscenity over a 1967 Spoleto Festival poetry reading. A date for trial has not been set and officials gave no notice if he will travel to Italy. In Santa Barbara, Paul Newman and Ramsey Clark were elected directors of the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions along with Bernard Rapoport and Vesta Hutchins.
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Terni
Italy
Allen Ginsberg
Spoleto Festival
Ginsberg
Santa Barbara
Calif
Paul Newman
U.S. Atty
Ramsey Clark
Center For the Study of Democratic
Harry Ashmore
Educational Foundation
Newman, Clark
Bernard Rapoport
Texas
Vesta Hutchins
Robert M. Hutchins
The
Center
Reston Recuperating After Emergency Appendectomy in Peking
New York Times columnist James Reston, vice president of the paper, is reported recovering from an emergency appendectomy in Beijing. He was stricken Friday, operated on Saturday with local anesthesia, and his wife said there were no complications as his temperature and blood pressure normalized. She praised Chinese doctors and care.
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NEW York (Ap
James Reston
The
New York Times
Peking
the Times
Reston
Acheson Questions JFK Reputation in Interview
Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson says John F. Kennedy was out of his depth as president and not decisive. In Life magazine remarks, Acheson questions Kennedy’s incisiveness and dismisses the Cuban missile crisis legend. He also criticizes Robert Kennedy and calls Pearl Harbor in reverse remark by his brother high school thinking.
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NEW York
Dean Acheson
Life Magazine
John F. Kennedy
Acheson
Kennedy
United States
Kenneth Harris
Harry S Truman
France
Charles de Gaulle
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Cuba
Pearl Harbor
Calling All Home Makers: Furniture Placement Advice
Readers are advised on furniture alignment with walls. The piece explains parallel placement for major pieces generally looks better and creates unity, with exceptions for room specifics. It also notes diagonal placement can occur for small pieces to add interest and suggests floating large pieces like sofas while keeping lines parallel to walls.
Emphasis Shifts From Clean To Safe Car Race
In Cambridge Massachusetts AP notes the annual Clean Air Car Race a cross country trek of low pollution vehicles from steam to battery power has been replaced by tests to make cars safer easier and more reliable across the nation a shift from environmental aims to safety focused testing and standards.
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Cambridge, Mass
Nixon Visit Opposed by Rhode Island Youth Group
Rhode Island Young Americans for Freedom oppose President Nixon's planned visit to Communist China. They warn the trip would legitimize a totalitarian regime amid a history of purges and political repression. The article mentions the Urban Vehicle Design Competition and details about regional events in August 1972 and prototype testing.
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Providence, RI
Rhode Island
Young Americans For Freedom
Nixon
China
UVDA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Chelsea
Williamson
Miss Townsend
Anne Baxter
Eve Harrington
Margo Channing
Miss Baxter
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Betty Furness
Consumer Protection Board
Miss Furness
WNEW
Fritts’ Machine Shop
Cleveland
Northwestern Mutual Life
NML
Robert L. Shields
CLA Dist
Bennett Bldg. Ltd
State
INMLI
Milwaukee
JFK
Life
British Broadcasting Corp
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Ottawa
Kansas
Vaar
California
College Stu
First National Bank OF Ottawa
Christian Bros
S. Hickory
XilioTyios
Jenneys
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