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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...week ended, the Boston contingent was busiest of all. "When the Harvard story broke," reported Bureau Chief Gavin Scott, "I was on assignment in London. Getting home was a mishap on the way to disaster." The engine on Scott's VC 10 cut out, and the pilot had to jettison fuel for 25 minutes before returning to Heathrow airport to trade planes. "After that," says Scott, "my Volkswagen expired ignominiously on the Massachusetts Turnpike, and I showed up for work in the cab of a tow truck...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher: Apr. 18, 1969 | 4/18/1969 | See Source »

When the big riots broke out last month, Ayub may have wished that he had jailed Bhashani anyway. Operating apparently on Chinese orders to start a Maoist revolt, Bhashani's well-trained party workers led some of the worst rampaging, in which hundreds of people, including a dozen minor officials, were murdered and many houses burned down. Bhashani shrugs off the violence as "male-ganimat," or retribution, which is condoned by the Koran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan: Prophet of Violence | 4/18/1969 | See Source »

...fire the Smothers Brothers? Tommy Smothers says the network is against free speech. CBS says that Tommy and Dick broke their contract. ABC and NBC say no comment. Dick says ask Tommy. The one sure thing is that the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour - since 1967 one of TV's few sources of new ideas and sparkle -is off the air for this season and next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Censorship: Fickle Finger of CBS | 4/18/1969 | See Source »

...esthetic crime wave this year.About $2,424,000 worth of paintings and sculpture have been removed from the homes of collectors. Last week's victim was Sir Roland Penrose, chairman of the Institute for Contemporary Arts, friend and biographer of Pablo Picasso. While Penrose was away, burglars broke into his London home, removed 25 paintings with an estimated value of $720,000. The prize was Picasso's 1937 Woman Weeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Market: Among the Missing | 4/18/1969 | See Source »

...Crimson first scored with 2:45 gone in the first period but three minutes later Exeter came back with a goal. The Yardlings tallied three more times in the first period, however, and scored eight more times in the final three periods before Exeter broke the streak with a late fourth period goal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frosh Laxmen Win, 12-2; Net Squad Tops Andover | 4/17/1969 | See Source »

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