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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...result of a Communist sabotage plot; others believed that it was an unannounced air-raid test by the U.S. Government. In the next stage, the rumormonger accents certain parts of the story that appeal to him. Last year in Washington, D.C., a rumor swept the black ghetto that Soul Singer James Brown had been killed shortly after finishing a concert in the city. As it happened, Brown had simply flown off for another appearance; because of the ugly connotations of the story, Brown was traced to Los Angeles and persuaded to record a statement declaring that he was still alive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Of Rumor, Myth and a Beatle | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

...hopes to work for a big-city newspaper covering Mexican-American communities. "I know both sides, so I can write as a liaison between the chicano and the white neighborhoods," he says. Education is "the key" to improving society, says Olga Mike, who dreams of becoming an opera singer, but will work first as a teacher. She adds: "I'm not against marchers, but my way is to get through school as fast as I can and learn as much as I can. I say, wait and bide your time. Then, when your time comes, do whatever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Students: Working-Class Collegians: The True Believers | 10/31/1969 | See Source »

...kitchen computer" programmed to help the U.S. housewife plan her meals and balance her checkbook. Though Honeywell might sell some to millionaires who have everything, the product could be the precursor of much cheaper small computers for the home; other companies are already working on the idea. Singer recently announced that its Friden office-equipment division will bring out at least one new product a month for the next year. "Developing new products is like a gigantic crap game," says Boone Gross, former president of the Gillette Co. "The cost of failure-either by not getting into the game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE GREAT RUSH FOR NEW PRODUCTS | 10/24/1969 | See Source »

Married. Arlo Guthrie, 22, . balladeering son of Folk Singer Woody Guthrie; and Jacklyn Hyde, 24 (see Music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Oct. 17, 1969 | 10/17/1969 | See Source »

...might be called Eisenstein modern, and devotees of the Hollywood spectacular will cherish the bravado of the two leading actors. Robert Shaw bellows and glowers in his ornate armor like a psyched-up Errol Flynn. Christopher Plummer, in cloak, loincloth, gold necklaces and flowing hair, looks like the lead singer of a particularly exotic rock group, and his attempts at a Peruvian dialect occasionally make him sound like one. His performance is unabashed camp, consisting about equally of ego, bluff and plain old Spam. It is obvious that he has not had so much fun since he spent all that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Pop and Circumstance | 10/17/1969 | See Source »

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