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...Died. Boyd Martin, 76, sprightly dean of movie criticism, who in 1910 as a young writer on the Louisville Courier-Journal panned The Great Train Robbery as "not realistic" in what is generally accepted as the first movie review ever published in a newspaper, was the Journal's movie and drama man ever after; of cancer; in Louisville...
...executive offices have been crammed with their relatives. Of the Star's eleven directors, ten are descendants of the three men, and when they met to elect "Newby" Noyes editor, they also chose two Kauffmanns as vice presidents, a third as secretary, and a fellow named Crosby Boyd, whose mother was a Noyes, as president. Office wags crack that in another couple of generations, the Star will need no outside help at all. But the Star needs all the help...
...jungle began taking a turn for the better, Abdul Rahman flintily told Britain that the time was long overdue for Malaya's independence. After months of haggling and delay, the Tunku finally forced Britain's Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd (now Lord Boyd) to the conference table. Throughout the grueling, three-week session in London, the Tunku refused to budge from his ultimatum that independence must come no later than Aug. 31, 1957. "When the Siamese have no intention of yielding, they just appear stupid," he told subordinates. "I'm half Siamese, you know." At last, Lennox...
...ROBERT BOYD...
...Boyd said that Dodd had not yet taken a position on the President's bill. Last year the Senator voted for a bill to provide money to colleges for scholarships and construction...