Word: jr
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...matter how hard they have looked, many other astronomers have been unable to locate Lowell's canals. Most likely, says Franklin A. Gifford Jr. of the U.S. Weather Bureau, Lowell spotted elongated sand dunes that resemble canals from afar; a dune of this sort in Libya extends more than 400 miles and is three miles wide...
Married. Carolyn Ann Glenn, 22, daughter of Colonel John Glenn Jr., first American in orbit, a senior at Stanford University; and John Michael Power, 26, a Stanford graduate student; in Palo Alto, Calif...
Married. Robert Taft Jr., 52, grandson of former President William Howard Taft, son of the late Senator Robert A. Taft and himself an Ohio Congressman; and Katharine Perry, 48, a widow and longtime friend; he for the second time, she for the third; in Indian Hill, Ohio...
...lost about half of his $2,000 investment. Sylvan Fry, 53, a manufacturer's agent, began investing for the first time last winter, buying oil, chemical and computer issues. On paper he has already lost $6,500 of the $11,400 that he started with. George Ratliff Jr., 39, a Pittsburgh steel-company engineer, began 1969 with a portfolio worth $16,900, has seen its value drop $2,500. He describes himself as a "fundamentalist" who invests only in securities that he thinks offer sound values. Among his losses: $1,000 in Gulf & Western convertible bonds that he bought...
...officials vow that, given time, they can yet turn the ragged line into a modern system. That is possible; the Budd cars are a joy to ride in, when they are working. But the immediate prospect is for more trouble. Last week the M.T.A. pushed L.I.R.R. President Frank Aikman Jr. into early retirement, provoking charges from many commuters that Aikman is being made a scapegoat for the mistakes of Dr. William J. Ronan, the M.T.A. chairman, who is staying on. Aikman was replaced by Walter L. Schlager Jr., an executive from the New York City subway system. Harold J. Pryor...