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SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11:30 p.m.). The Buccaneer (1959), featuring Charlton Heston as General Andrew Jackson and Yul Brynner as Pirate Jean Lafitte in a tale of derring-do set in New Orleans during the War of 1812.
Despite the demonstrations, Johnson emerged on top after his days down under. Along with a planeload of gifts ranging from a brace of albino kangaroos to miniature Samoan canoes, he was accorded an impressive measure of approval-occasionally in spite of himself. Too often, the President seemed somewhat heavyhanded, particularly...
Bobby's every activity is prominently and exhaustively chronicled-from a breathtaking ride down 100 turbulent miles of Idaho's Salmon River to an out-of-breath conquest of Canada's 14,000 ft. Mount Kennedy. Ever voracious for Kennedyana, reporters besiege him with requests for interviews...
Sir: Robert Vaughn [April 1] is more O.S.T.R.I.C.H. than D.O.V.E., I'd say. Napoleon Solo is no more. Even tongue-in-cheek derring-do involves a necessary small illusion, and Mr. Vaughn has shattered it beyond repair. If David McCallum holds the same head-in-the-sand views, U.N.C.L.E...
There is no denying that most of the public has been apathetic about using the surest, simplest protection against violent death: the seat belt. Robert Wolf, director of Cornell University's auto-crash injury research, says that if seat belts were used universally they would reduce traffic deaths by...