Medieval Art Treasures On View Across U S
The Metropolitan Museum of Art loans major Cloisters works for a winter show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from January 13 to March 8 and then at the Art Institute of Chicago from April 8 to June 8.
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New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cloisters
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Art Institute of Chicago
Europe
Mediterranean
Antioch
Syria
Strasbourg
Louvain
Pucelle
Jean Pucelle
France
Jeanne d'Eyreux
Charles IV
Philip Augustus
United States
Thomas P.F. Hoving
Museum
Nicholas of
Tournai
1000 Young Socialists Gather in Minneapolis Convention
The Young Socialist Alliance heads to a four day convention in Minneapolis with about 1,000 members expected. Larry Seigle, 24, says the group seeks radical change, including replacing capitalism with a socialist America, and aims to end the Vietnam War and the draft.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Young Socialist Alliance
Larry Seivle
America
Organwation
Trotskyites
Trots
Seigle
New York
Farrell Dobbs
Minneapolis
Alliance
Plane Hijack Victims Sing Happy Birthday Aboard Flight
Twenty eight hijack victims land in Miami after release by a gunman in Havana. Linda Brennan, celebrating her 21st birthday, and others recall the ordeal as the Boeing 727 flew from New York to Chicago, then Havana, then back to Miami. The hijacker, calm and educated, declined to visit the cockpit. A second United crew then ferried the jet to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Havana
Linda Brennan
United Air Lines
New York
LaGuardia
Jim Howard
Chicago
M. Martinez
Paulsen
United
President Nixon weighs veto threat on health education bill
Senator Williams says Nixon may be reconsidering any veto of the $19.75 billion health and education appropriation, noting only a 2 to 3 percent gap from the president's request. Scott says the bill remains inflationary. The measure is $1.1 billion above Nixon’s request and awaits action after Jan. 19. Virginia dropout rates are cited for 1968-69.
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Washington
Sen
Williams Proxmire
D-Wash
Nixon
Senate
Proxmire
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Congress
UFO debate fuels Boston symposium at AAAS meeting
After 22 years the Air Force ended its UFO inquiry but science continues to weigh the phenomenon. Harvard astronomer Donald Menzel and Northwestern astronomer J Allen Hynek clash on explanations and hoaxes while Hynek argues for careful scientific evaluation of remaining reports.
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Boston
U.S. Air Force
American Association, For the Advancement of Science
Donald H. Menzel
Harvard University
J. Allen _Hynek
Northwestern University
Air Force
Hynek
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Ansis Valens
Sharon Brodak
St. Louis
Axel Paulsen
West Islip
N.Y
Virginia
Cities
Thomas A. Louthan
Winchester
Alpha Phi Omega
Alfred C. Payne
Virginia Tech War Memorial
Winchester Evening Star
Menzel
Grove Furniture Company
Loudoun St
Vaaa
Sinclair
Weems
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