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Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in Los Angeles yesterday charged the Selective Service System with violating the new draft law and "opening a good half-dozen Pandora's boxes...
...Crossman article raised the question of just how rich the Queen of England is. Though Crossman "conservatively estimated" her fortune at $120 million, no one really knows, and many place it much higher. Surely she is the wealthiest woman in Britain, and in all likelihood one of the half-dozen wealthiest in the world...
Hoving was frankly ecstatic, declaring the portrait "one of the half-dozen most important single acquisitions" in the museum's history. Said he: "When you have a combination of a great master at the full height of his powers, painting a subject he obviously deeply understands and enjoys, that has by luck come down 322 years in pristine condition, you have something that is really extraordinarily special...
...command also moved two armored units towards the Laotian border, trying to prevent the North Vietnamese from sweeping across the border into South Vietnam. The units were reported to be engaged in heavy fighting. American helicopters were kept busy flying the South Vietnamese out of their surrounded remaining half-dozen bases in Laos. A correspondent for NBC news described the retreating South Vietnamese as "tired and beaten...
Seavers (he asked that his real name not be used) is in business, in Cambodia, and hopeful. Like a half-dozen other newly arrived American businessmen here, he assumes that once Congress approves the Nixon administration's $255 million aid request to Cambodia, there will be a lot of money to be made...