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...years and the man whose name was given to the Bar-Lev Line of Israeli fortifications along the Suez Canal, will leave the army at the end of the year in line with an Israeli tradition of generals retiring before they are 50. Bar-Lev's successor: his oldest friend and current second-in-command as chief of operations, Major General David ("Dado") Elazar...
VANTAGE 10/90 FUND, the oldest and largest of the conscience funds, has grown from $135,000 in assets to $2,500,000 in three years. Its net asset value per share has increased 9% since 1969, while that of the mutual-fund industry as a whole has dropped 10%. Vantage allows its shareholders to specify how 10% to 15% of their capital is to be divided among companies active in three categories of social concern-the environment, the cities and hunger. The rest of the fund's assets are invested by its managers according to largely financial considerations...
Girl from Laguna. The oldest human remains discovered in North America so far were found by chance. Howard Wilson, 17, amateur collector of arrowheads, was scratching around near his Laguna Beach home in 1933 when he uncovered a skull. His mother suggested the garbage pail as a suitable receptacle; Howard stoutly held out for a shoe box and eventually gave his find to a museum. Many years and expert examinations later, it was established that the "girl from Laguna" had lived between 15,000 and 18,000 years...
...Chrest E. Nikas is the oldest candidate running for City Council. Nikas is a resident of one of Cambridge's public housing projects, New Towne Court. A retired painting contractor, Nikas feels that rent control should be totally revised and that it should cover public as well as private housing...
...Warde Slingerland '41, will be the oldest participant in the game...