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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kearns attempted in late April to terminate her contract with Basic Books publishing house in New York for publication of the 480-page manuscript, about former President Lyndon B. Johnson. Kearns served as an aide to Johnson...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Rosovsky, Government Faculty to Meet On Kearns Nomination, Professors Say | 5/30/1975 | See Source »

Basic Books refused to terminate the contract, although Kearns subsequently, signed a contract with Simon & Schuster to co-author a new book about Johnson with Richard N. Goodwin, a former aide to the president...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Rosovsky, Government Faculty to Meet On Kearns Nomination, Professors Say | 5/30/1975 | See Source »

After the College All-Star game in August McInally will report to the Cincinnati Bengals' training camp. Although he doesn't have a no-cut contract, McInally is confident of making the squad...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: Pro Teams, Olympics Beckon Crimson Seniors | 5/28/1975 | See Source »

...revolt against the coerced labor Angola has exploited for hundreds of years. When slavery was finally abolsished in the 1870's, it was replaced with a labor code which allowed the government to force anyone who did not have a steady job--always Africans--to sign a six-month contract with employers who had asked the government for workers. Village life was destroyed since men weren't there for six months out of the year and were often shipped to other parts of Angola. In response to the world's disapproval over the past two decades, the Portuguese revised their...

Author: By Tom Blanton, | Title: The Sun Never Sets on Empire | 5/28/1975 | See Source »

...sources said that only an informal agreement, not a contract, now exists between Lipset and Stanford...

Author: By James I.kaplan, | Title: Lipset Probably Will Go To Stanford Next Year | 5/27/1975 | See Source »

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