Notable British Honors and Legal Troubles Across Reports
Actor Richard Burton is named Commander of the British Empire on his 45th birthday with Queen Elizabeth II presiding as Elizabeth Taylor looks on. In related items, novelist E M Forster dies at 91, executor reveals a late manuscript with homosexual themes. Sidney Poitier pledges five percent of net on his next two films to Virginia Union University as it runs a deficit. George Brown becomes Baron George Brown of Jevington in the House of Lords. Mackie Van Doren's former agent pleads guilty to grand theft in two counts totaling over $16,000.
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Richard Burton
Elizabeth Taylor
Burton
Buckingham Palace
E. M. Forster
India
Forster
Richmond
Sidney Poitier
Virginia Union University
Allie B. James
Virginia Union
Los Angeles
Mackie van Doren
Kenneth Kip Tracy
Deaths in North Carolina and Tennessee
Dr. Robert Lee Humber 72 cofounder of United World Federalists died Tuesday night. He helped organize the UWF in 1947 to support the United Nations. Calvin Alley 56 editorial cartoonist for The Memphis Commercial Appeal and creator of The Byatts died Tuesday night of cancer.
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N. C
Robert Lee Humber
United World Federalists
Humber
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Calvin
Cal” Alley
Memphis Commercial Appeal
the Byatts
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Blight Strips U.S. Corn Crop by Two Percent in October
The Agriculture Department reports the national corn crop shrank two percent in October to about 4.1 million bushels, 15 percent below the expected July record. Ending stock remains ample, with yield projected at 70.8 bushels per acre, down from earlier forecasts. The drop mainly results from the Southern leaf blight that spread across the Midwest.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Crop Reporting Board
Texas
Turkish border incident ends with released generals
Generals Denli were handed over at the border after an unscheduled overflight near Ani. Scherrer and McQuarrie arrived in Ankara weary but treated well, calling the experience not pleasant. Investigators from the Pentagon, Turkish sources and Washington officials described efforts to avoid repeating such incidents.
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Scherrer
McQuarrie
Ankara
Pentagon
Ani
Armenia
MI6
Washington
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
U.S
Kremlin
Tass
United States
Turkey
Soviet Union
Cambodian Saigon War Updates Include Troop Withdrawals
The report notes 200 North Vietnamese killed and about 25 South Vietnamese killed with 150 wounded. Withdrawal reduces South Vietnamese strength to 12 000 troops. A 7 000 man joint Cambodian South Vietnamese task force nears end 20 miles southwest of Phnom Penh with no major contact. No American deaths reported. five wounded near Da Nang from a mine. U S Command confirms 410 troop cutbacks and 60 000 South Vietnamese troops planned in 1971 to offset U S reductions.
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Phnom Penh
South Vietnam
U. S. Comesmand
Vietnam
Defense Ministry
U. S
GM and Union Near Pact Amid Strikes and Secrets
Talks between General Motors and the union stretched through the night with a near blackout of details. Key disputes centered on a first year wage rise and a 30 year retirement pension of 500 dollars monthly, while progress was reported on unlimited cost of living wage increases and dropping a company funded dental plan. Any agreement awaits ratification by skilled and unskilled workers under a 1967 style process.
Youths urged to avoid teaching careers in 1970s
The Labor Department warns young people, especially women, to consider other fields as teaching demand dwindles. By 1980 state and local jobs rise 52 percent, services 40 percent, construction 35 percent, while mining and agriculture fall.
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Washington
Labor Department
U.S
Global grain use dominates world production
Encyclopaedia Britannica notes that wheat rye and rice used mainly for human food make up about 60 percent of the world’s annual grain production.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
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