Cross Honored in Britain and Film Plans for Portnoy
James R Cross British trade commissioner kidnapped by Quebec separatists last year was made a companion of the Order of St Michael and St George by Queen Elizabeth. Richard Benjamin to portray Portnoy in Warner Bros film adaptation of Philip Roth novel Portnoy's Complaint.
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Best Sellers List from Publishers Weekly
Current best sellers across fiction and nonfiction highlighted by Publishers Weekly. Notable fiction titles include Segal Love Story and Uris QBVII, alongside Hemingway Islands in the Stream and MacLean Caravan to Vaccares. Nonfiction features Future Shock by Toffler and The Sensuous Woman among others.
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Calley Trial Details From My Lai Shootings
Testimony recounts Calley altering rifle magazines during the My Lai killings on March 16 1968 as witnesses describe the village massacre. He says orders from Capt Medina directed the actions and notes the focus on body counts as troops moved villagers to mine probes.
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The Meaning of Love Drummond and Moody in Focus
Ash Wednesday notes Henry Drummond’s rise to fame through his Moody association. The essay highlights his theology and science training at Edinburgh and his lecturing years, stressing love’s primacy and memorable acts of unseen kindness as central to moral life.
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Storekeeper Captures Dangerous Escapee in Fullerton Chase
A barefoot escaped convict from San Quentin seized a car with two women and two children, fled south to Fullerton, then was tackled in a laundry shop by a storekeeper. He faced kidnapping charges in Marin County after hostages were released unharmed.
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Today In History February 24, 1971
Highlights recount past events on February 24 including the Nazi party formation in Germany in 1920, James Otis' protest in 1761, impeachment proceedings against Andrew Jackson in 1868, Arizona organized as a territory in 1863, U S control at Guantanamo Bay since 1903, Manila liberation in 1945, Juan Peron elected in 1946, and notable 10 year, five year, and one year anniversaries from subsequent events and state visits.
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France
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Mikva critiques domestic spying and cold war paranoia
Former CIA analyst Stein testified that the Counterintelligence Analysis Branch ran a left wing desk near Washington and warned that civilian data banks and military computers gathered detailed personal, financial, and political information. He named figures such as King Baez Guthrie Bond Abernathy Spock and four antiwar generals as part of microfilm files.
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Joan Baez
Arlo Guthrie
Georgia
Julian Bond
Ralph David Abernathy
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