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Those anxious to obtain what could become a collector's item should visit Cahaly's on Mt. Auburn St., where at last report several copies were still available. They can also wait for Times of London, which will soon publish the Look excerpts, or for Der Stern, if they want the story of Kennedy's assassination in German
...legislature blocked his attempt to gather all the city's transportation functions under a unified leadership, Lindsay achieved part of his goal with an executive order. He now aims to regroup most of the city's 80-odd departments and bureaus into ten superagencies. Before bothering to obtain legislation, he has already created six such superdepartments, covering transportation, housing, health services, human resources, recreation and cultural affairs, and finance. This week formal legislation will be introduced in the city council to implement the reforms fully. Other controversial proposals are ahatching...
...price was about $4,000,000, and few investments have proved more profitable. In less than 16 years, the royalty payments on the 50% exceeded $13 million; this year alone the church's share is expected to reach $2,000,000. Two weeks ago, in order to obtain funds, the archdiocese sold its interest to a group of 15 pension funds, universities, hospitals and individuals. It had to pay $1,000,000, covering legal fees and a commission, to the Wall Street firm of Laird & Co., which arranged the transaction. But the sales price, along with the yearly royalty...
...North Vietnamese aggression. Along with his colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, McCarthy has attacked American foreign policy in Latin America--particularly in the Dominican Republic. In addition, he has been trying for years to launch an investigation into the operations of the Central Intelligence Agency and to obtain greater Congressional control of its activities...
...early 16th century reign of Sigismund I, Italian Renaissance artists were at work in Poland. Even two centuries later, the most famous master in the country bore the name of Bernardo Bellotto, a nephew of Canaletto. A court painter from 1767 to 1780, he used a camera obscura to obtain perfect perspectives for his city scapes. After the destruction of Warsaw during World War II, his paintings were so accurate that they were used to reconstruct demolished monuments and buildings. The horn of the Wieliczka salt miners, made in 1534 from a bison that roamed Central Europe, celebrates a mine...