Groucho Marx targeted by FBI files reveal Cold War scrutiny
FBI records show Groucho Marx drew attention for defending free speech and U.S. Soviet friendship, supporting the New Deal, and backing causes from Scottsboro Boys to Soviet relief. Files note 1953 review, HUAC pressure on You Bet Your Life staff, and Marx's later regrets over sponsor demands.
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Tom Mooney
the Nation
Spain
Committee For the First Amendment
Frank Sinatra
Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall
Americans win Nobel for medicine
Nobel laureates Robert F. Furchgott Louis J. Ignarro and Ferid Murad won for discoveries showing nitric oxide as a vascular signal molecule. The finding explains its role in arteries blood pressure and wider drug implications for heart disease atherosclerosis shock and impotence.
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Sweden
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Louis J. Ignarro
Ferid Murad
United States
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Furchgott
State University of New York
Brooklyn
Ignarro
University of California-Los Angeles
Murad
University of Texas Medical School
Houston
Gerald Levey
Ucla School of Medicine
Gnarro
Stanley B. Prusiner
University of California At
San Francisco
Ivan Pavlov
Robert Koch
Francis Crick
James Watson
Gore hosts barbecue in Shelbyville to back Cooper
In Shelbyville, Vice President Al Gore hosted the Gore Family Barbecue at Calsonic Arena drawing about 2,000 Democrats for campaign support of congressional candidate Jerry Cooper. Gore praised Clinton on the economy and recalled his 500th and 1,000th town meetings in Lucky and Difficult, Tennessee.
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Antz Reigns Box Office as Holy Man Flops
Antz led the weekend box office with 15.4 million in ticket sales, boosting its two week total to 36.3 million. Eddie Murphy's Holy Man opened poorly at 5.2 million, a weak debut compared with Murphy's earlier hits.
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