Word: vans
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...third installment of the Star Wars saga, San Francisco Correspondent Dick Thompson crossed the Golden Gate Bridge to San Rafael to explore the mysteries of the film's wondrous special effects in, of all places, a common cinder-block warehouse. There, and at a similar illusion factory in Van Nuys, Calif., Han Solo's Millennium Falcon spaceship first blasted into hyperspace, and E.T., C-3PO, R2-D2 and Jedi's furry Ewoks were born. Says Thompson, who has reported stories for TIME on subjects ranging from genetic engineering to nuclear fusion: "I believe that I became...
...Nuong Van Trinh Martinez...
DIED. Norm Van Brocklin, 57, combative quarterback who during his twelve-year (1949-60) pro career led the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles to National Football League championships; of a heart attack; in Monroe, Ga. A cool playmaker despite his hot temper, the "Dutchman" in a 1957 game completed 27 passes for 554 yds., a record that still stands. After his final playing season, he became the coach of the newly formed Minnesota Vikings, and later of the Atlanta Falcons, compiling respectable if losing records...
...install a network of "work stations", outlets which will allow students and Brown employees to "plug into" the school's computer system. Dorm rooms, faculty offices and" every place where there is a desk" will be included in the system by the end of the decade, predicts Andries van Dam, chairman of the computer science department...
...internal CBS study of the show, inspired by a TV Guide article last May calling the program "a smear," was protected by a business or journalistic privilege of confidentiality. The study was conducted by CBS News Senior Executive Producer Burton Benjamin and was summarized by CBS News President Van Gordon Sauter in a memorandum made public in July. Drawing on Benjamin's study, Sauter conceded that the program had deviated from certain CBS News practices, but stood by its substance as essentially accurate. Westmoreland's lawyers, contending that Sauter's statement had constituted a further libel, sought...