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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Your vivid story on the art of Kenneth Noland [April 18] reminds me of a visit to the Vermont farm in South Shaftsbury now owned by the artist and his wife. I was in search not of Mr. Noland, whose painting was then unfamiliar to me, but of the former home of Robert Frost, which the Nolands have renovated and restored. This was The Gully farm, purchased by Frost as a Christmas present to himself in 1928. A barn close to the house had been converted into a studio for Noland...
...first place." For years, reports have flourished that Licavoli's Mafia friends would pay at least $250,000 for his release. In announcing the commutation, Rhodes took pains to observe that an investigation he ordered found "no evidence of such payment or promises." But LIFE quotes former officials, including ex-Governor DiSalle, as saying that they were aware of bribe offers from Columbus Mafia Leader Mike DeAngelo, among others. LIFE does not contend that Governor Rhodes accepted a bribe...
...first hours of De Gaulle's defeat, the jovial, ursine Pompidou was maintaining the respectful silence of a mourner. A onetime classics teacher, he knew how to honor the tragedy of the fall of a great man. But as a former Rothschild banker, he was also well aware of the fund of admiration and good will that the French people hold for him. When the Latin Quarter was a battleground last May and June, De Gaulle cut and ran for Colombey and very nearly quit. Pompidou took over, and in a round-the-clock performance under strong pressure, effectively...
...instructions for making Molotov cocktails. More than 1,000 British soldiers moved into position throughout Ulster to protect reservoirs, telephone exchanges and power stations. Moderate Prime Minister Captain Terence O'Neill's days in office seemed numbered as extremism mounted. "We are on the brink of bloodshed," former Deputy Prime Minister Brian Faulkner warned. "Perhaps this is our last chance to halt on the brink, before anyone is killed...
Dave Pottetti, a former high school national champion, won the inaugural running of the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:54.6. edging M.I.T.'s Ben Wilson, the other pre-meet favorite. Wilson was foiled again in the three-mile run, another new event, by Harvard's Tim McLoone...