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...Bert Yaffe was chairman of the October 15th Moratorium in Massachusetts and is now running for Congress in the Tenth District. Yaffe has been fighting hard for peace for a long time. He firmly opposed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution in 1964 and became deeply involved in the anti-war movement in 1965. He raised funds for anti-war candidate Thomas Boylston Adams in 1966 and was Tenth District coordinator and on the Massachusetts steering committee for Eugene McCarthy in 1968. He is also a businessman who unionized his own plant (with the Textile Workers Union of America) where there...
Fall River-Wellesley, a gerrymandered district where Democrat Bert Yaffe is opposing moderate Republican incumbent Margaret Heckler...
...open next week. Many parents register their children as a hedge against possible trouble in the town's public schools. "A lot of people have told me they intend to come register at the public schools until they see how things go," explained Greenville Superintendent William B. ("Bert") Thompson. "If they see the situation is all right and the discipline good, they'll forfeit the fee to the academy. It's like insurance...
...brand of popular vulgar theater was burlesque, which nurtured many distinguished clowns and comedians, including W.C. Fields, Bert Lahr, Bobby Clark and Buster Keaton. In recent seasons, vulgar theater has again emerged in both the best and the worst senses, with nudity, simulated sexual acts and the unfettered use of four-letter words. Hair, Che and Oh! Calcutta! belong to this group, as does the latest entry, The Dirtiest Show in Town. Those who deplore these shows regard them as the flagrant commercial exploitation of filth. That attitude is far too simple; when three out of the top four...
...about body electricity, excess acids and even outright magic. But the most common (and completely unfounded) belief-held since the time of the ancient Romans-is that arthritis sufferers lack sufficient copper in their systems; thus users of the bracelets are somehow supposed to compensate for the deficiency. Golfer Bert Yancey credits his copper bracelet with easing an aching elbow in time for him to win the $25,000 Bing Crosby Open at Pebble Beach last January. Hollywood Producer Dick Brown feels that the bracelet "has definitely helped" his bad back. His wife, Eva Gabor, also is a believer. Actor...