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...could become its biggest crisis since the payola scandals of the late 1950s. Though industry involvement so far has been limited to relatively minor charges against four former employees of CBS'S Columbia Records, the entire record business was rocked with sensational rumors of extortion, drug deals and million-dollar embezzlements (TIME, June 11). "Everybody in the business is shaking," said one rock-'n'-roll publicist. "And let's face it. The record industry is very vulnerable...
...Class of '48, which is celebrating its 25th reunion this week, had made a record class contribution of over $1.1 million to become the first million-dollar class in Harvard history...
Died. Vaughn Monroe, 61, singer-bandleader whose off-key, nasal baritone made million-selling recordings of Racing with the Moon, Ballerina and There! I've Said It Again; after stomach surgery; in Stuart, Fla. A onetime trumpeter in East Coast society bands, Monroe formed his own group in 1940 and during the next decade combined a regular radio show (Camel Caravan) with as many as 200 one-night stands a year. Though his voice was dubbed the "Million-Dollar Monotone" by critics, the debonair showman remained a starring attraction until the '50s when, with the advent of rock...
During the hearings, several witnesses gave conflicting versions of the purpose of the million-dollar offer. Contrary to McCone's testimony that the money was to be used for an anti-Allende coalition, Gerrity maintained that it was for constructive programs, such as housing and social development, "to make Allende happy about the American presence." Later, Charles A. Meyer, then Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, repeatedly emphasized that the U.S. policy toward Chile during this period was one of strict non-intervention-a statement that seemed to conflict with Broe's testimony about CIA suggestions...
...matter what everyone else was saying about the Met's million-dollar Greek vase (TIME, March 5), John D. Cooney, curator of ancient art at the prestigious Cleveland Museum, had his own outspoken opinions. Were the Metropolitan Museum and Thomas Having in the wrong to pick up the 2,500-year-old krater that may have been bootlegged out of Italy? "Ninety-five percent of ancient art material in this country has been smuggled in," Cooney said. "If the museums began to send back all the smuggled material to their countries of origin, the museum walls would be bare...