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DIED. Benedictos I, 91, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, who in 1964 arranged the first meeting in 500 years between the heads of the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches; of a heart attack; in Jerusalem. The Turkish-born Benedictos acted on lifelong ecumenical principles in bringing together the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople, Athenagoras, and Pope Paul VI, whose two great branches of Christianity split in the 11th century...
Against this awesome-looking array Harvard is not totally defenseless, however. On the field event squad it boasts Hasan Kayali, the Turkish-born jumper who has gone undefeated in the high and triple jumps in the three meets Harvard has swept this season. As a competitor, Kayali is a master of the art of one-upmanship. During the Boston College meet, in the long jump, BC jumper Amjad Ghori leaped the prodigious distance of 22' 10". From the reaction of the BC fans it was obvious that Ghori had just jumped the longest distance of his life, apparently sewing...
Kavali continued the fireworks in triple jump, as the Turkish-born jump pulled down his best stateside mark over in that event, a starting 47 ft 2 1.2 in. The competition in Crimson track and field is tough, however, and teammate Bruce Brooks was right behind him with a jump...
AHMET ERTEGUN, president of Atlantic Records. Turkish-born, self-made sultan of American rock, soul and pop. Age 48. In 1948 founded Atlantic on a shoestring and a collection of 25,000 old blues 78s. In 1950s brought in Brother Nesuhi and their friend Jerry Wexler, signed Ray Charles, LaVern Baker, the Modern Jazz Quartet and "Boss of the Blues" Joe Turner. In the 1960s, his firm introduced Sonny and Cher, more recently Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding and Roberta Flack as well as rock groups like Led Zeppelin and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Also hired young singer released...
...fifth session of the sergeants' slow-motion trial, the prosecution, after a month of stalling, finally produced its star witness, Mrs. Sukran Gall, Turkish-born wife of a U.S. electrician. Admitting that she had been employed by the Turkish treasury to entrap the Americans, Mrs. Gall testified that she had bought nearly 5,000 illicit dollars from three of the sergeants. But under questioning she admitted she had never, in fact, received any money directly from the sergeants, instead had dealt through the Turkish manager of the N.C.O. club maintained by U.S. forces assigned to NATO's southeastern...