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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Vietnamese Skyraiders rent the air with ferocious whines as they dive-bombed sections of the city, notably the Chinese quarter of Cholon, which was honeycombed with Viet Cong. The planes sent refugees scattering in all directions and plumes of smoke shooting into sunny skies that mocked the city's agony. In six of Saigon's nine districts, 24-hour curfews were still in effect, meaning that those districts harbored at least small bands of guerrillas still operating as units. Electricity and telephone service was sporadic, most restaurants and shops remained closed, and Saigon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Battle of Saigon | 2/16/1968 | See Source »

Under the terms of the deed the MBTA will continue to use the Bennett yards rent-free until Jan. 1, 1970, when construction on the Library is scheduled to begin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kennedy Library Will Gain Title To Bennett Yard | 2/15/1968 | See Source »

...Club was evicted from its head-quarters over the Gold Coast Valeteria last week for non-payment of rent. Sometime in the next two weeks the club's alumni board will decide whether the club, incorporated in 1951, should be permanently disbanded, Keith Hennessee '68, the club's president, said Saturday...

Author: By James M. Fallows, | Title: Bat Club Evicted From Headquarters; Alumni Board Will Decide Its Future | 2/12/1968 | See Source »

...years ago, Brooklyn-born Dancer Barbara Weisberger started a small ballet school in an old studio in Philadelphia. Funds at first were scarce; she and her two teaching colleagues paid themselves $20 a month, and at least once the landlord locked them out for nonpayment of rent. Thanks to some timely help from the Ford Foundation, the school grew into the Pennsylvania Ballet. Judging by its performances at Manhattan's City Center last week, it is one of the most promising of the new U.S. dance companies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dance: Kama Sutra in Slow Motion | 2/9/1968 | See Source »

...revenue sources are being tapped. Last week Perlman announced that a lease agreement had been signed with a British investment group which plans to build an office building over the Grand Central Terminal in New York. The lease for the building will return $3,500,000 a year in rent to the railroad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Railroads: A Need for Profits | 2/9/1968 | See Source »

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