Word: aids
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Castro takes Key West in a sudden action because it lies within Cuba's territorial waters and is a menace to its fishing interests. Senator Fulbright demands we evacuate Miami to avoid possible friction with Castro's forces in Key West. The Archbishop of Cyprus, with the aid of two armed sailboats, impounds an American heavy cruiser. Senator Mansfield recommends that the ship be exchanged for the crew and that $100 million be given for the bishop's inconveniences. The government of Andorra arrests 100 tourists for not genuflecting while passing in front of a church. Senator...
...almost before they knew it. Correspondent John Cantwell was practically blown out of his Embassy Hotel bed by mortar fire. He raced to the roof and got a panoramic view of the battle for the Presidential Palace. Correspondent Wallace Terry who spent the night at a U.S. AID official's home, found himself in an ideal spot from which to view the fierce firefight for the U.S. embassy. Correspondents Don Sider and Glenn Troelstrup were already at Khe Sanh, where they were joined by David Greenway...
...Congress has been unwilling to consider any new plans which might offer long-term aid to college students. Unless the government passes a comprehensive aid program soon, students will have to bear a much greater share of college costs through more term-time and summer employment. Colleges are already asking families to contribute as much as they...
Last February the American Council on Education pointed out the severe financial problems facing education and called for a gigantic increase in government aid to colleges and universities. Without that aid, the council warned, "the quality of higher education in this country cannot be improved; in fact, it cannot be sustained...
...money would be given to the American Friends Service Committee to aid war refugees in both North and South Vietnam, Robert B. Gass '69, one of the fast's organizers, said yesterday...