Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...college campuses, that Paul McCartney is dead. As with most rumors, no one really knows its source. It has been variously traced to a thesis by an Ohio Wesleyan University student, a satirical but deadpan story in the Oct. 14 issue of the University of Michigan Daily, and a Detroit disk jockey who spread much the same nonsense over radio station WKNR. Since the rumor spread, Beatle fans have diligently parsed the albums of their heroes for clues corroborating what they already wanted to believe; of course, they found them, usually in forced interpretations of Beatle lyrics. That is another...
...increased availability of scholarships, student loans and work-study programs has drawn more children of working-class families to college than ever before. While they predominate at "commuter colleges" like Wayne State in Detroit and the new Federal City College in Washington, they also attend the better-known universities. Indeed, one study indicates that 58% of U.S. freshmen last year had fathers who did not go to college. At last count, 37% of all college students came from families headed by blue-collar, service or farm workers...
Curbing the Curia. One committee of English-speaking prelates that included Detroit's John Cardinal Dearden suggested that papal nuncios be bypassed in most communications between national episcopates and the Vatican. Another English-speaking group asked that the Roman Curia stop using the expression "the Holy Father says" and giving the impression that it speaks in the name of the Pope when, in fact, it is speaking for itself. Nor, it said, should the Curia issue decrees or make major press statements without informing the concerned bishops beforehand...
...Kaiser Industries the largest single shareholder in AMC, with 22% ownership and two seats on the 14-man board. But there was no evidence that Kaiser intends to add the auto company to its empire of steel, cement, aluminum and chemical companies (total assets: $624 million). The suspicion in Detroit was that two old friends, Edgar Kaiser and American's Chairman Roy Chapin Jr., have a secret signed agreement to assure that Kaiser will not take over control...
...Fairbanks $26,300 Anchorage 24,375 Honolulu 24,025 New York 22,975 San Francisco 22,975 Cleveland 22,800 Sacramento, Calif22,450 Detroit 22,100 Buffalo 21,750 Pittsburgh 21,750 Los Angeles21,575 Newark 21,575 Carson City, Nev 21,400 Cincinnati 21,400 Toled021...