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...born in Galicia on the Atlantic coast. Franco entered the Academia de Infanteria at Toledo in 1907 at the age of 15. During the Spanish campaign against the Riffs of Morocco between 1912 and 1926 he gained a reputation for unflinching physical courage. A three-time winner of the Medal of Military Merit, Franco was promoted to Spain's youngest captain at 22, major at 23, colonel at 32, and, at 33, he became the youngest general in Europe since Napoleon...
Mayer will receive a gold medal and $5 000 from the trustees of the Museum of Science on November...
Forty-one-year-old Tom Charlton, a 1956 gold medal oarsmen, feels the Head is the high point of his rowing year. "To me this is the most enjoyable of them all, and I think we'll do well again this year as long as our pacemakers hold up." ORDER OF EVENTS Estimated Start 10 a.m. Veteran Singles 10:30 Women's Fours with Coxswain 10:50 Double Sculls 11:10 Lightweight Eight (Boston Herald American Trophy) 11:25 Elite Fours with Cox (Schaefer Trophy) 11:40 Novice Singles 12:10p.m. Intermediate Fours with Cox 12:30 Women's singles...
...wife, Pediatrician Yelena Bonner, telephoned congratulations from Italy, where she is recovering from an operation for glaucoma. Connected by phone with Norwegian radio, he broadcast a message, in broken German, saying he was extremely pleased and proud. He added that he hoped to come to Oslo to receive the medal and the $140,000 prize money at the ceremony to be held Dec. 10, the 79th anniversary of the death of Swedish Munitions Merchant Alfred Nobel...
...President's Committee on the National Medal of Science praised Bloembergen for his "pioneering application of magnetic resonance." The committee also commended him for "scientific inventions and investigation concerning the interaction of matter with coherent radiation...