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...flaw in this rude paradise was the government in faraway Georgetown, controlled by Negroes ever since Guyana won its independence from Britain three years ago. Jim and Harry Hart, the dominant brothers, feared the cancellation of their land lease, and feared it even more after last month's election consolidated the power of Forbes Burnham, Guyana's black Prime Minister. The Hart boys began to ponder the incredible idea of a homemade secessionist coup, one that would utilize the greediness of the bordering country, Venezuela...
Someone managed to radio a report of the attack to Georgetown. In a ragtag collection of airplanes, about 226 of Guyana's 1,800-man defense force flew in and scattered the rebels. Guyana's ambassador to Venezuela, Novelist E. A. Braithwaite, handed the foreign ministry in Caracas a note written in words more angry than those of the gentle author of To Sir, With Love; the Venezuelans handed it back. As for the heirs of that old South Dakota pioneer, Ben Hart, they fled over the border to Venezuela. And the fine houses that the Harts built...
...father's fruitwood chest to end tables and Oriental rugs. David will commute the seven miles to Amherst in a well-worn white 1962 Valiant, which he bought from his grandmother last year. After earning his degree in political science, he plans to study law, perhaps at Georgetown University in Washington. As for Julie, after graduation in 1970, she aspires to work on documentary films. She should have plenty of opportunity to practice her trade around her family's new home...
Born. To Ethel Kennedy, 40, widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy: her eleventh child, fourth daughter; in Washington, D.C. After eight weeks in bed . since she suffered false labor pains in October, Ethel checked into Georgetown University Hospital a few days before reaching term, was delivered by caesarean section in a 40-minute operation. It was her fifth caesarean, and both mother and 8-lb. 4-oz. daughter were reported in "excellent" shape...
...Baptist Georgetown College in Kentucky has borrowed $3,756,000 in federal funds for dormitory construction, and recently received a loan from Washington for a new science building. The college got around its dilemma by keeping separate sets of books for funds received from denominational and private donors. The trustees repay Washington from private funds, permitting them to claim that the church itself has stayed clear of involvement with Government money. The Rev. J. T. Miller, president of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, smilingly explains that the college has thus solved its financial problems "by beating the devil around the stump...