Whittier College names rival-turned- scholar Nixon chair
Los Angeles Times cartoonist Pawl Conrad was chosen to be a Nixon Scholar at Whittier College. The five year old endowment funds a yearly lectureship on editorial cartoons. Conrad will hold the Nixon Chair from Sept 7 to Oct 5 and lead an undergraduate seminar on the history and purpose of editorial cartoons. Daphne Lorne, the college spokesperson, called the selection ironic but not a slight to Nixon, who graduated in 1934.
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Bird Brain game pits chicken against computer in fair fun
Stan Allan offers a 30 cent challenge where a chicken equipped with a computer plays fierce-toe with players. Winners may earn bragging rights while spectators enjoy watching others lose to a chicken. Machines reportedly pull in up to 200 dollars daily at fairs and fundraisers.
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Curt Hanson
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Hanson
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Mary Martin finds joy in life and flying memories
Actress Mary Martin, back on stage after ten years, says life is so satisfying she could not be happier in reincarnation. She recalls Peter Pan and South Pacific as her favorite roles, jokes about flying, and disputes rumors with Ethel Merman as unfounded.
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Mary Martin
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Kennedy Center
Anthony Quayle
Aleksei Arbuzov
Ethel Merman
Helen Hayes
Hayes
Richard Halliday
Miss Hayes
Ada Helen
Cronkite to be named honorary commodore by Coast Guard Auxiliary
Walter Cronkite famed CBS Evening News anchor will be named honorary commodore by the U S Coast Guard Auxiliary at its national convention in Louisville Kentucky September 17 He also anchors CBS Radios Walter Cronkite Reporting and sails aboard the 43 foot yawl Whynte owned by his crew cronkte is an avid sailor and skipper of the vessel
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Walter Cronkite
CBS Evening News
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
Cronkite
CBS Radio
Louisville
Owen W. Siler
U.S. Coast Guard
No Carter Elvis Day plan prompts White House call surge
White House spokesman says no plan to declare August 16 Elvis Presley Day. He notes several calls urging designation arrive daily, though counts have fallen from a peak after Presley’s death from a heart attack in Memphis.
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White House
Carter
Elvis Presley
Presley
Memphis
Eklund and Stewart in Talks Amid Split Rumors
Actress Britt Eklund and Rod Stewart remain in occasional contact through attorney Mason Rose. Rose says reconciliation is possible but not likely, noting they still share the Los Angeles home and interact without fighting. In another notice, LA Mesa reports Sara Bratten’s 80-year-old son Charles attended her party with several great grandchildren celebrating her birthday.
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Rod Stewart
Mason Rose
Ife
Rose
Holmsby Hills
Los Angeles
Elvis Had Low Grade Diabetes, Autopsy Pending
MEMPHIS AP Elvis Presley suffered a noninsulin dependent diabetes, controlled by diet though not always followed, according to his personal physician Dr George C Nichopoulos. Autopsy results to be released by Vernon Presley early next week amid public interest and health rumors surrounding the singer's death.
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Elvis Presley
George C. Nichopoulos
Presley
Nichopoulos
Heaml
Vernon Presley
Tennessee Ja
Shelby County
Jerry Francisco
Nichopaulos
Riot police clash outside Verona concert in Italy
In Verona, Italy riot police fired tear gas at several hundred demonstrators outside an arena hosting the American rock group Chicago. The stones and bottles opposition surged as the show continued without interruption.
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Italy
Chicago
Waylon Jennings and aide bound over on cocaine charges
Nashville AP report says country singer Waylon Jennings and his aide were bound over to a federal grand jury after testimony linked them to a New York to Nashville cocaine shipment of 27 pounds. They face possession and conspiracy charges and remain free on 7500 dollars bond.
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Nashville
Tein
Jennings
Mark Rothbaum
Grand Jury
New York
U.S
Kent Sandidge
Lori Evang. Asst
U.S. Atty
Ray Whitley
Drug Enforcement Administration
William §. Rosenberger
Rothbaum
William Tucker
Miss Evans
Park indicted by U S jury in influence buying case
Park, the South Korean businessman, was indicted by a federal grand jury after fleeing the United States. A Justice Department source cited a sealed indictment handed up last Friday as Park resists return. Judge John Pratt and Rep. Caputo aides commented as Washington papers cited possible charges and extradition hopes.
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Tongsun Park
United States
Congress
Bruce FP. Caputo
R-N.y
Justice Department
Park
South Korea
Washington Post
U.S
John Pratt
Caputo
Department
London
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