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...county judge-executive wields substantial power, controlling most state and federal and tax money that enters the county. Many county residents charge that past incumbents have completely sold-out to the coal companies. One community activist recalls a former judge-executive's interactions with a large mining company: "They took him deep sea fishing, then wined him and dined him for a couple of weeks. They took him flying and he never did come back down...
...Brandeis student organization paid Liddy $3,000 for his appearance last night Admission to the sold-out lecture...
Eight Harvard students joined professional vocalists in singing Bach's "Give Us Peace" to a sold-out Symphony Hall during last night's Musicians Against Nuclear Arms concert...
...feel a little more secure sitting on the bleachers at the Yale Bowl come November. Harvard Stadium, according to several University officials, has deteriorated so badly that it may collapse. In fact, Harvard's director of athletics, John P. Reardon Jr. '60, has said of last year's sold-out Yale game, "I was glad when it was over that everyone was safe...
True, they flew into town aboard private jets, and both had the customary squads of professional chums. But the sold-out performance by Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. at Atlanta's Civic Center last week was a starry burst of altruism: the $148,000 in concert receipts went into municipal coffers drained by the costs of investigating the murders of 20 black children. Halfway through the three-hour benefit -in which Native Georgian Burt Reynolds and Singer Roberta Flack appeared-Sinatra declared his "sadness and love" for Atlantans "frightened by day and doubly frightened by night." Furthermore, Sinatra...