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...claim to Kachcha Tivu, which dates back hundreds of years to ownership of the islet by landlords on the Indian mainland. Meanwhile, in an escalation of absurdity, the Ceylonese government of Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake became increasingly persistent in its claims. Reason: a wild and highly unlikely rumor swept through Ceylon that there was oil beneath Kachcha Tivu's sand-and-coral surface...
...electrifying days late last month, a spectacular rumor spread among U.S. scientists. British astronomers had detected signals so regular and pulsating so rapidly from four different regions in outer space that they might have been sent by intelligent beings. Last week, when details of the British findings reached the U.S., the possibility that the pulsations had been artificially produced by an advanced civilization seemed remote. But even if the causes were natural, scientists on both sides of the Atlantic were in firm agreement that discovery of the pulsing signals, named "pulsars" by the British, was one of the major astronomical...
Shriver had often irritated local Democrats by floating the rumor that he was available for the Illinois posts; many machine loyalists regarded him as a carpetbagger whose only tie to Illinois was the room he maintained in Chicago's Drake Hotel. Adlai III also rankled the Daley regulars, especially when he appeared before their council of slatemakers and touted himself as the "strongest" candidate for Governor. He angered the committee further when he said that he might not be able to support the President's war policies in every detail. "I was disgusted," said one member...
...small group promoting "black pride," with inciting the riot there. Parents of Negro students at Los Angeles' Manual Arts High sought the help of Ron Karenga, leader of the black separatist "Us" organization, in trying to dump a white principal. Soon adults were picketing the school. A rumor of police brutality spread when one demonstrator was arrested, and then students went on a rampage. In the end, the principal requested-and got-a transfer because of high blood pressure...
Criticized or not, Westmoreland obviously will return to the U.S. one day. Talk of his imminent recall last summer turned out to be merely rumor, and with the battle looming at Khe Sanh, his return at this moment would certainly stir considerable speculation. Yet he has already spent four years in Viet Nam, long enough so that he could logically be relieved at any time...