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Before the march began, thousands of the shah's troops withdrew to the outer section of the city to avoid provoking a confrontation with the demonstrators. Other troops ringed the downtown area with roadblocks to contain the crowd...
...some, lose some. A month ago, Chicago's Barren Foundation abruptly withdrew an award that was to have been presented to British Gynecologist Patrick Steptoe, who with Physiologist Robert Edwards was laboratory godfather of the world's first test-tube baby. The reason: the two had yet to provide adequate details of their achievement. Last week, however, the New York Fertility Research Foundation honored Steptoe for that very achievement. At a Manhattan press conference, Steptoe labeled the Barren Foundation's action "the most utterly disgraceful exhibition of bad manners I've ever come across...
...student members withdrew a resolution which stated that, in some cases, faculty departments should put more emphasis on a professor's teaching ability when making tenure decisions Student CUE members were afraid that faculty members of the CUE would not vote for such a resolution...
Inside the Cessna, the young man, later identified as Larry Layton, 32, proved that he should have been watched. He opened fire with a pistol, wounding a woman, Vernie Gosney, who was seated beside the pilot. Layton ran from the plane. After the assailants withdrew, the Otter was found to be too damaged to fly. Its crew rushed over to the Cessna and managed to take off for Georgetown with five survivors...
...Faculty Staff Union (FSU), the negotiating body representing the faculty of the UMass Boston campus, distributed leaflets outside the ceremonies at Faneuil Hall. The leaflets cited the "administration's intransigence" as the reason the faculty withdrew from mediated negotiations last week. The demonstration had no effect on the formal ceremonies inside the hall...