Writers who could paint too at Chicago Arts Club
Harriet Beecher Stowe and Robert Louis Stevenson are remembered for writing but also painted. An exhibition titled A Second Talent at the Arts Club of Chicago highlights this lesser known artistic side of these celebrated authors and others.
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Chicago
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Robert Louis Stevenson
Arts Club of Chicago
United States
Stockholm
Sweden
Rue Winterbotham Shaw
Marianne Moore
Miss Moore
William Butler Yeats
Coole
Mark Twain
Miss Stowe
Stevenson
Samoa
Police vote keeps Dallas toward state civil service
Dallas police vote 2 to 1 to press for state civil service with Chief Dyson opposing, claiming it would diminish administrative roles. DPA leaders call the outcome a mandate for a citywide election, while Dyson vows to monitor developments.
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Dallas
Frank Dyson
Dallas Police Association
Dyson
Preston Parks
DPA
Soviet Cuba economic ties tighten as Castro faces debt
The Soviet Union and Cuba formed an economic commission in Havana with 13 Soviet officials, signaling a more active Soviet role in Cuban affairs. Cuba's $1 billion Kremlin debt and sugar export troubles spur Moscow to supply tractors, harvesting machines, a fertilizer plant, and energy projects. Carlos Rafael Rodriguez led Cuban talks while Fidel Castro attended only the final session.
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Miami
Soviet Union
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Havana
Santiago
Nation's teachers are younger and elusive
The NEA reports teachers are younger and more educated yet less affiliated with formal groups. Median teacher age falls to 35 from 41 in 1961 while women teachers drop from 45.5 to 37. Most hold bachelor degrees and many earn masters. 61 percent earned college credits in three years.
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Washington
National Education Association
PTA
NEA
Mexico tightens border area amid smuggling crackdown
Texas merchants and Mexican officials clash over border enforcement amid reports of stricter customs at the frontier. Mexico doubles customs staff and watches for travelers bringing U S goods across, while denying retaliation for U S tariffs.
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John Platero
Associated Press
Mexico City
Texas
Mexico
U. S
Mystery oil under Great Salt Lake baffling geologists
A mysterious offshore oil pool beneath the Great Salt Lake near Promontory Utah defies extraction. About 21 million barrels lie beneath the lake bed, unusually thick crude that resists pumping, with Max Cazier of Brigham City singlehandedly running a 300 foot well that heats the oil to surface, storing it for refinery.
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Salt Lake City
Great Salt Lake
Promontory
Utah
Rozel Point
Max Cazier
Brigham City
Cazier
Ellis
Carier
Youth vote drives campus registration in 1972 election
University of Maryland students, led by Herbie Hinton and Campus Republicans, push to register 18 to 21 year olds amid a nationwide youth voting surge. The piece notes legal questions about voting in college towns, potential local impact, and quotes officials and analysts concerned with turnout and changes in residency rules.
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College Park
University of Maryland
Herbie Hinton
Rush
Hinton
Maryland County
Baltimore City
Eugene McCarthy
Republican Party
United States
Allard K. Lowenstein
Lowenstein
Berkeley
College
Active rigs rise in Permian basin weekly survey
G W Murphy Industries reports 179 active rigs in the 65 county Permian Basin region, an eight rig increase from last week. Lea County New Mexico leads with 26 rigs, Pecos County Texas stays steady at 25, Ward County 13, Martin County 15, and overall West Texas Southeast New Mexico comparison shows 212 rigs a year ago.
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G.W. Murphy Industries
Permian Basin
West Texas
New Mexico
Lea County
N.M
Texas Railroad Commission
Midland
Pecos County
Ward County
Martin County
Suspects in hijacking case still at large
New Mexico authorities pursue companions of three wanted men who hid for 19 days after a state policeman was killed on November 8. The trio later hijacked a passenger jet from Albuquerque to Cuba, eluding roadblocks and searches. State Police Chief Vigil says investigations target several leads, as Atty. Gen. Norvell confirms.
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Santa FE
N.M
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Cuba
Martin Vigil
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Edward Neilan
Copley News Service
Supreme Court
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New Hampshire
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Lubbock Martin
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Presidio
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