Word: elizabeth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...North Carolinian Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan Koontz, 49, accepted the relatively minor post of director of the women's bureau in the Department of Labor. She is now president of the National Education Association, the world's largest professional organization. Obviously alluding to other Negroes who have turned down posts in the Nixon Administration, Mrs. Koontz said: "I've taken this job because I'm an American citizen who wants to improve our society, and that's a job for all American citizens...
...Julie Andrews; fourth is John Wayne-appearing among the Top Ten for a record 19th time. In fifth position is a newcomer, Clint Eastwood, whose made-in-Italy "Dollar" westerns were appropriately named. The sixth is Dean Martin; seventh, Steve McQueen; eighth, Jack Lemmon; ninth, Lee Marvin; and tenth, Elizabeth Taylor. There is no room at the top for slippage. Gone from last year's golden ten are Sean Connery, who dropped from fifth to sixteenth, and Richard Burton, who slipped from ninth to fifteenth...
...meant to bring new pride to a nautical nation, to restore some measure of the glory that was Britain's when her Queens ruled the seas. Sleek and speedy, the Queen Elizabeth 2 was designed as a floating luxury hotel, modern and comfortable enough to attract free-spending American tourists for the transatlantic run in the warm seasons and Caribbean cruises in the winter. At least, that was the dream of the Cunard Steam-Ship Co. when it ordered the $71 million, 66,000-ton liner in 1964. Last week, as she limped into Southampton after her shakedown voyage...
Decent Middle Class. Like many new cars, many new ships have bugs, and it takes time to get rid of them. Ultimately, the Queen Elizabeth 2 may become one of the best liners afloat. Still, the Queen's problems seemed most unusual. First, there was technical trouble. British engineers developed steam-turbine engines 72 years ago, but the steam turbines on the Queen went awry. The casings did not allow enough room for normal heat expansion of the 10-ft. rotor blades, and the engines were thrown out of balance. As a result, speeds had to be cut from...
...Elizabeth, N.J., after one of the longest and costliest trials in the state's history (16 weeks, $750,000), a jury convicted two Negroes and freed eight others in the murder of Patrolman John V. Gleason Jr. In the midst of the five-day race riot in Plainfield in 1967, Gleason, 39, the father of three, shot and wounded a youth who had attacked him with a hammer. He was surrounded by an angry mob of Negroes and stomped, hacked and shot to death. Sentenced to life in prison were Gail Madden, 22, a 250-pounder, whom witnesses identified...