Word: third
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Park wanted to make certain that there could never be another marathon reign like that of former President Syngman Rhee, who ruled for 13 years. Last week, after eight years in power, Park declared his intention to alter the constitution to allow himself to run in 1971 for a third term. If successful, Park would be in office until 1976-one year longer than Rhee...
Quick Sniffers. Now one of the key villains is trying hard to turn hero. Until two years ago, Monsanto, the nation's third largest chemical company, paid little attention to the effects of the more than 300 products it makes at its headquarters plants around St. Louis. Then the city enacted some of the toughest air pollution ordinances in the U.S. Monsanto not only obeyed the laws-it set out to become a model antipolluter...
...word spread through the newsroom like a FLASH-IMMEDIATE wire bulletin. What was up, one afternoon last week, was a single sheet of white paper, thumbtacked to The New York Times's third-floor notice board and signed by Publisher Arthur Ochs ("Punch") Sulzberger, announcing a shake-up among top Times editors. Highlights of the memo: - "James Reston, Executive Editor, has been elected a Vice President with primary responsibility in the areas of news coverage. He will return to Washington and will continue his three-times-a-week column from there." - "Clifton Daniel, Managing Editor, will become Associate Editor...
Many viewers presumably tune in not for the comedy but for the country-and-Western songs that fill up nearly one-third of Hee Haw's air time. There are top-name guests, and the hosts themselves are no slouches. Roy Clark-the one who looks like a heftier Sander Van-ocur-was twice the national banjo champion. Guitarist-Composer Buck Owens-the cross between Andy Griffith and George Segal-is a leading country recording artist...
Married. Robert Taft Jr., 52, grandson of former President William Howard Taft, son of the late Senator Robert A. Taft and himself an Ohio Congressman; and Katharine Perry, 48, a widow and longtime friend; he for the second time, she for the third; in Indian Hill, Ohio...