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...rollicking cheer of his welcome, the Pope was in Africa on serious business. His uppermost concern, he declared even before leaving Rome, was the bitter, two-year civil war between Nigeria and Biafra, but the trip had first been planned around the Pope's dedication of a shrine to 22 African martyrs.* He also consecrated twelve new African bishops and offered a thoughtful analysis of the African Church's spiritual role before a pan-African conference of Catholic prelates that had been meeting all week. Above all, the visit reaffirmed the Pope's concern for the future...
...skipped a dividend as a result of a $19 million loss in the year's first five months. Traders were further depressed by a cutback in capital spending at Chrysler and news that retail sales dropped in June for the second straight month. These indicators might bring some cheer to the Federal Reserve Board, which has been desperately looking for evidence that its restrictive money policy has produced some slowdown. But New York's First National City Bank warned in its latest economic letter that, "to hold fast to a restrictive policy until the signs of an economic...
...from her leading man, Richard Burton. "She seems to me like a very pert tart-in the proper sense," he said. "I have no doubt she will steal all the notices." King Richard also indicated that playing Henry VIII might be the capstone of his movie career, which should cheer those who think his talents are wasted in films. "Much of acting is tedium for me now," he reflected. "I've suddenly realized that doing nothing is marvelous. What I'd like to do is appear in two plays-Sartre's The Devil and King Lear...
...lifetime batting average of .344 and hitting 521 home runs. Thus, as the familiar, slouching figure with the big No. 9 on his back stepped onto the field last week, the crowd of 28,972 gave him a long standing ovation. Williams gave the Boston fans little else to cheer about. His charges bunched together twelve hits and defeated the Red Sox 9-7. Afterward, he could only say: "It's great to be back...
...mass meeting. When a motion repudiating the right of the corporation to close down the university was introduced, the chairman ruled it out of order. The students demanded that it be presented anyway, then passed it with an overwhelming "Yes!" that bounced off the stadium walls like a football cheer on an autumn afternoon...