Word: gatherings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...There he learned a well-kept family secret that was made public fortnight ago: after 31 years marriage, his mother and father were headed toward divorce (TIME, Nov. 24). Rockefeller returned to New Guinea for a three-month expedition of his own along the south coast; he planned to gather shields, painted skulls and the Papuans' 20-ft.-tall totemlike "bis" poles for Manhattan's Museum of Primitive Art, founded by his father. His efforts inspired little enthusiasm on the part of Dutch officials. Reported one official: "Michael's presence led to a tremendous increase in local...
...speech to gather support for his project "Crosroads Africa," the Rev. James H. Robinson related last night varied experiences concerning his confrontations with racial prejudice...
...Looked Foggy. Learning without knowing it may mean making applesauce (a big thing at Midtown), or it may mean taking a trip to the mountains to gather material for class. One group spent a day on Mount Baldy last winter, played happily in the snow, then came back to school to have their teacher record their conversation. The result is Midtown's beginning-readers' primer, a work of the children's own creation: "Snow in the mountains. It looked smoggy. It looked frosty. It looked foggy. It looked dark. It felt cold. Then it rained. Then...
...week that he is giving serious consideration to a plan for building large fallout shelters in populous areas along the federal interstate highway routes now under construction. The plan, proposed by Kentucky's Republican Senator Thruston B. Morton, would make use of the holes highway crews dig to gather fill; it would save money by utilizing the heavy earth-moving equipment already on the potential shelter sites...
...getting word of the Bowmans' plight, San Francisco's Mayor George Christopher last March sent a long letter to Police Chief Thomas Cahill demanding action. Cahill assigned Inspector Nathaniel Pedrini to the case-and things began to change. Pedrini attached a tape recorder to the telephone to gather evidence, persuaded the telephone company to tap the line until midnight and carefully check every call. When the police finally traced the culprits, the tap led to 22-year-old Steven Van Otten and 19-year-old Barry Van Otten, the sons of a policeman in suburban Daly City. They...