Beckett's Breath Shocks at Oxford Tribute Night
Samuel Beckett's latest short play Breath lasting 3 seconds was staged at Oxford University as part of a Nobel tribute. An amplified baby cry and breathing unfolded over two trash piles while Laur ence Harvey Siobhan McKenna John Ireland Patrick Magee and Wolf Mankowitz read excerpts from Waiting for Godot and other Beckett works.
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Samuel Beckett
Oxford University
Playhouse
Laurence Harvey
Siobhan McKenna
John Ireland
Patrick Magee
Wolf Mankowits
Grandmother Marie Bertles Wins World Gold Panning Title
Marie Bertles of Palmdale California, a 10 year hobbyist champion, won the world gold panning title at Rosamond by a 1.5 second finish using a swirling technique. She defeated 24 contestants including her husband, earning open competition entry after winning the ladies division.
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Rosamond
Calif
Bertles
Palmdale
Bedroom No Place for Government Says Billy Graham
Billy Graham on a public TV program argued that the bedroom is a private space between a man, his wife, and God and that the government should not intervene. He criticized government birth control programs for lacking spiritual guidance in sex education and warned other nations’ programs had reduced human aspects of relationships.
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Nations
NBC Evening News to tap Chancellor and McGee as anchors
NBC News president Reuven Frank announced John Chancellor and Frank McGee will replace retiring Chet Huntley as New York evening news anchors opposite David Brinkley. The show, to be renamed NBC Evening News after Huntley leaves July 31 for a Montana venture, will air seven days a week and keep the basic format.
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John Chancellor
Frank McGee
Chet Huntley
New York Anchermen
Reuven Frank
NBC News
Chancellor
McGee
David Brinkley
Washington
Juntley
Frank
David
Chet
Evening News
Veterans haul down flag used to lure crowds at Fort Walton theater
Two retired Air Force officers removed one of two Russian flags displayed on the Palm Theater marquee in Fort Walton Beach Florida on a Sunday. They said the use was in poor taste given veterans who served in World War II Korea and Vietnam. The manager defended the display as promotion for the film.
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Cal
Harry Howton
Southeast Asia
Howton
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Pritchard
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Vietnam
Toth
Eglin Air Force Base
J. A. Bengtsson
Palm Theater
Topiz
Russia
Bengstsson
Brown's Trial Delayed in Bel Air Court
In Bel Air Maryland the trial of H. Rap Brown on arson and inciting riot charges from 1967 disorders in Cambridge faces a 10 day delay as lawyers argue motions about surveillance and arson sufficiency. Crowds outside protest and officials fear violence if held in Cambridge.
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H. Rap Brown
Cambridge
William M. Kunstler
Brown
Chicago
William K. Yates Jr
Kinstler
Harry E. Dyer Jr
Dyer
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Russian research vessel Ogon docks in Los Angeles for five days
The 14 Joot Russian research vessel Ogon returned to the Port of Los Angeles for a five day stay at Berth 160. An official of Kerr Steamship Co says visitor access aboard is undecided while the ship takes on fuel and supplies. The crew may go ashore. The ship has been part of a hake larvae sampling project with the U S Bureau of Commercial Fisheries since February 2, and earlier in February the captain invited curiosity seekers aboard.
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Los Angeles
Kerr Steamship Co
Agitati. O
Department of Fish and Game
Toval
U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
Impaled on Fence After Bar Raid Incident
Alfreda Vinnies, 42, of East Orange New Jersey, was critically injured after leaping from a stationhouse second story. Fire rescue workers removed five 15 inch steel spikes from her thigh and pelvis in the hospital operating room after surgeons could not free the spikes at the scene.
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Alfredo Vinales
East Orange
N. J
New York
USE & Power’ Saw
Alfreda Vinnies
Vinwies, 2
Greenwich Village
Vinaies
Vinales
Five Russ Advisers Killed in Israel Raids on Egypt
A Beirut report says five Russian advisers with Egyptian troops were killed in Israeli air strikes during clashes on three fronts. Cairo held memorials for Gen. Abdel Moneim Riad, killed a year ago in Egypt’s war of attrition.
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Cairo
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Egypt
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Middle East
Lebanon
Reds Outs poll Gaullists in French vote
Paris report says the Communist Party led in nationwide cantonal elections with 23 percent of votes. Gaullists stood at 15 percent, while the Republican Independents aligned with Valery Giscard de Esteing reached 20 percent when combined with Gaullist totals.
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Paris
UPI
Communist Party
Georges Pempidau
Valery Giscard de
Sintered ma second clow mattie at Peal Ottica
A fragmented note from Long Wench Colut in ARN ERB INDAY VY describes itemized or unclear activity at a local optical shop. The readable elements mention a product or event tied to Peal Ottica and a regional location, but the rest remains garbled and uncertain.
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Mattie
Ottica
Long Wench
Our Home Fashion Lectures At Bullocks Lakewood Series
Our Home Fashion Coordinator presents lively lectures at Bullock's Lakewood on Thursdays at 9 30 am starting March 12 with Color in the Home March 19 Design in the Home March 26 and Balance Scale and Proportion April 4. A Laguna Tea Room continental breakfast is offered on April 4, reservations requested by calling 634-5111 extension 379.
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