Word: jannings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nixon committee. The lawyers for the other defendants and the defendants themselves in and out of court offered their own implausible variety of motives: E. Howard Hunt implied that he had joined the operation because he feared that a liberal Democratic President might weaken U.S. policy toward Communism (TIME, Jan. 29); McCord had joined because he believed that the bugging might intercept some nefarious plot against the Republicans planned by a left-wing group; and the four other defendants had become involved because Hunt, their former boss during the Cuban invasion, told them it was part of the fight against...
...Time Inc. which celebrated the 50th anniversary of TIME The Weekly Newsmagazine with a dinner honoring Congress and a symposium on "The Role of Congress." Similar regional discussions had been sponsored earlier in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles, bringing together Senate leaders and congressional scholars (TIME cover, Jan...
...families, the return of their men will mean a double celebration. On Jan. 30 in Wayne County, N.C., Sharon Alpers gave birth to a son shortly after learning that her husband, Captain John H. Alpers Jr., missing since Oct. 5, had been listed as a known prisoner. The child was named John III. That same morning, near Goldsboro, N.C., the wife of Air Force Captain Brian M. Ratzlaff, also listed as missing in action until last week, bore a daughter, Christine...
...ADLER, independent producer and head of Ode Records. Tall, thin, ultra-soft-spoken multimillionaire of 37. Produced Monterey Festival as well as subsequent film, Monterey Pop. Background as reigning impresario of California surf music (Jan and Dean); later managed the Mamas and the Papas and founded Dunhill Records, which he sold to ABC in 1966 for $3 million. Current label boasts Carole King, Comedy Duo Cheech and Chong and $400,000 new album of Tommy that has earned back $5 million. Dabbles in California real estate, currently dates Actress Britt Eklund. Has houses in Malibu, Bel Air and Jamaica, rises...
...renewed weakness of the dollar overseas; within 36 hours last Thursday and Friday the West German Bundesbank had to buy $1 billion worth of greenbacks unloaded by panicky speculators. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped another 23 points during the week, to 980, down 70 points from its Jan. 11 high...