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Widely known as a towering figure in pro basketball and a devout convert to the Islamic faith, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is less famous as an amateur musician. The son of a trombonist, the 7-ft. 2-in. Milwaukee Bucks center is a longtime jazz devotee who plays the piano, drums and reeds for relaxation...
Then came Mao's Cultural Revolution. The churches that had been allowed to stay open were turned into workshops and warehouses, and a concerted campaign was mounted to convert the remaining religious Chinese -both Christian and non-Christian-to the fervor of Maoism. But pockets of ideological resistance seem to remain...
Another process, called pyrolysis, will be used in Denver, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Baltimore, Seattle and Charleston, W. Va. Refined by Monsanto, Union Carbide and other companies, the technique involves new, virtually oxygen-free furnaces to convert organic trash into oil or gas. In El Cajon, near San Diego, Occidental Petroleum's Garrett Research and Development Co. and the Environmental Protection Agency are jointly building a test pyrolytic plant that when completed in 1976 will have a capacity of 200 tons per day. For every ton of garbage that goes in, 1 bbl. of oil will come out, ready for sale...
Earlier in the week, Thieu, a Roman Catholic convert, had tried to appease his opponents by firing the notoriously corrupt commanders of three of the country's four military "corps." Among those busted was General Nguyen Vinh Nghi, of IV Corps (the Mekong Delta), who has long been suspected of pocketing the salaries of some 36,000 "phantom troops"-men who are on the payroll but nowhere else in the military. Thieu also cashiered 377 corrupt officers and dismissed four Cabinet ministers, including his cousin and confidant, Information Minister Hoang Due Nha, 32, who was responsible for censoring...
Harvard dominated the rest of the half as it outshot the Jumbos, 14-8. But it could not convert its opportunities, and the half ended in a deadlock...