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...this unhappy story ended last week when the Executive, Northern Ireland's fragile coalition government of Protestants and Catholics, folded under the pressure of a devastating two-week general strike that had been called to preserve Protestant hegemony in Ulster. With the province near collapse, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson was forced to reimpose direct rule from London, and British Tommies once again were on the alert to prevent Irishmen from killing Irishmen...
...defuse the strike by meeting some demands but the militants rejected his proposals, denouncing them as a "confidence trick." At week's end, with neither London nor the Executive willing to negotiate directly with the U.W.C., the impasse continued. Leaders of the Executive met secretly with Prime Minister Harold Wilson, which may be a prelude to the use of British troops to break the strike. The Rev. Ian Paisley, however, declared: "The strike must go on!" If it does, the victim will not only be Ulster's economy, but also the Sunningdale agreement, which six months ago promised...
Died. Alan Dunn, 73, who twitted life's little absurdities in nearly 2,000 New Yorker magazine cartoons over 47 years; in Manhattan. A self-styled recluse, he was dubbed by The New Yorker's waggish editor, Harold Ross, a "hermit around town...
...swinging verve and a broad comic style. The nimblest of all is Dale, a versatile actor, British TV comic and composer (Georgy Girl). In his facial contortions and his airborne, aisle-hopping feats, he is a direct descendant of the great physical clowns-unforgettables like Bobby Clark, Bert Lahr, Harold Lloyd, W.C. Fields and Buster Keaton. It does not require much prophetic vision to foresee that Jim Dale will share the same renown some day. · T.E-K...
Winners of Harvard prizes for 1974 are: the Bonaparte Scholarship. Harold H. Koh '75 of Mather House and New Haven, Conn.; Burr 1909 Scholarship, Merrick Garland '74 of Quincy House and Lincolnwood, Ill.; Landon Memorial Scholarship, Nicholas G. Harris '74 of Winthrop House and Youngstown, Ohio; the Palfrey Exhibition, Robert A. Levine '74 of Leverett House and New York City...