Lincoln Center Repertory Theater dir Irving reply to Kerr article defends center, deplores Kerr's pitting cos against each other

That Business Of Staying Alive; That Business of Staying Alive

W Kerr picks talented actors whose performances have been largely overlooked; illus

Bancroft Among 'Players'; Anne Bancroft

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GARDEN CITY, L. I., May 25 -- Can a right-handed golfer become a successful left-handed putter? Pete Bostwick Jr., the Meadow Brook Club's versatile athlete, attempted to answer the question today as he gained the semi-final of the Walter J. Travis Memorial tournament.  

2 MATCHES TAKEN BY PETE BOSTWICK; Ambidextrous Putting Beats Tingley and Edwards in Travis Memorial Golf

WASHINGTON -- For a decade, President Charles de Gaulle's increasingly independent foreign policy has rested on the solid base of domestic stability, economic and political. What has enabled him with impunity to attack the dollar, bar Europe to Britain, withdraw from NATO and frustrate his Common Market partners has been his secure tenure and a surplus in France's payments balance abroad.  

For France and Her Allies, 'Things Cannot Be the Same'

LET'S make this our Sunday for flushing out the hidden actor.  

Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are; Come Out, Come Out. . .

ATLANTA, May 25 -- The silent partners of the New York Mets' pitchers -- the hitters -were finally heard from tonight. They made 13 hits and overpowered the Atlanta Braves, 9-1, in a game that was ended after eight innings by rain.  

Mets Get 13 Hits For Koosman; Rain Ends Game in 9th; METS TOP BRAVES ON 13 HITS, 9 TO 1

The fruitless labor negotions between the owners and the players of the National Football League -- with a strike a distinct possibility -- are not true labor negotiations at all because the most important element of all -salaries -- has been left out.  

Pro Football Score: 0-0; Impasse in Players' Negotiations With N.F.L. Owners Stirs Specter of Strike

Cannes Film Festival decision to cancel awards revd

Fracas at the Festival; The Fracas At the Festival

Let's say you're an average investor and you've heard of this "hot new issue" called Techno-Jellybean-Systems, Inc.  

Want to Buy In? You Can't

1 US plane crashes off southern coast, 2 US planes downed S of Danang

VIETCONG ATTACK SAIGON OUTSKIRTS; CABINET IS NAMED; Clashes Sharp and Sporadic -- New Government Has Broader Popular Base

PARIS -- "I am ready, this time again. But this time again, this time more than ever, I need -yes I need -- the French people to say it wants [my services]."  

A Besieged de Gaulle Makes a Desperate Gamble

CONFESSIONS OF A DISLOYAL EUROPEAN. By Jan Myrdal. 201 pp. New York: Pantheon Books. $4.95.  

Against His World and Himself; Against His World

HEMMED in by Washington's continued intransigence on the fiscal front, the stock market meandered in a maze last week, making little progress in any direction during the five sessions.  

Fiscal Inertia Baffles Stock Market; The Week in Finance:

When things got rough last week in Paris, Marianne Charlier, an executive of Bergdorf Goodman in New York, and Shannon Rodgers, a partner in Jerry Silverman, Inc., a New York fashioncouture house, made a mad 10-hour dash from the French capital to Frankfurt in a rickety Parisian taxi.  

Stores Fear Shortages From Paris; Retailers Fear Delays Of Goods From France

article on boom in new issues and fact that brokers sell them only to favored customers

Institutions Join Rush To Grab New Issues; Institutions Join Rush To Buy Up New Issues

Legis approves mild decentralization plan which calls for enlarging bd from present 9 members to 13; Mrs Shapiro pleased with plan

ALBANY APPROVES SCHOOL PROGRAM AND ENDS SESSION; Assembly Clears Last Obstacle to Windup by 93-53 Vote

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Ore primary set; campaign and outlook discussed; Nixon aides say they will be pleased with 40%; Reagan aides will settle for 20%; Rockefeller aides hope for 10%; all 3 predictions called examples of 'poormouthing,' or grossly underestimating candidate s prospects so he will appear to be surging upward if he only reaches reasonable expectations

Stiffest Test for Kennedy Is Due in Oregon Tuesday; Stand of Humphrey Supporters Could Have Vital Impact -- Rockefeller and Reagan Drives Gain Impetus

800,000 Suburban Poor Suffer Amid Environment of Affluence; 800,000 Suburban Poor Suffer Amid Disheartening Contrast

The New York Yankees have been waiting several years for the ball to bounce their way again. Yesterday it did.  

YANKS BEAT WHITE SOX, 1-0; METS ROUT BRAVES, 9-1;; ODD BOUNCE HELPS

PARIS -- The question asked most frequently in Western Europe in a week of mounting disorder in France was a paraphrase of Lady Macbeth: Who would have thought that this prosperous land harbored so much discontent?  

The Workers Want A Bigger Share

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Lee, R: 21; his bullet-ridden body found in gutter, Bklyn; police investigating Bklyn house uncover huge cache of stolen items; 6 men armed with clubs and pipes attack 3 occupants of house whom police try to take to hq for questioning; claim they seek to avenge Lee's death; W Washington, occupant of house charged with homicide; 6 attackers charged with obstructing justice

Detectives Investigating Murder Find Big Cache of Stolen Goods; POLICE FIND CACHE OF STOLEN GOODS

Fernando León de Aranoa is a Spanish screenwriter and film director.

Fernando León de Aranoa, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter

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Frederik X is King of Denmark. He acceded to the throne following his mother's abdication in 2024.

Frederik X, King of Denmark

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Stephen Philip Sedgley is an English former professional footballer, and football manager.

Steve Sedgley, English footballer and manager

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H-dagurinn or Hægri dagurinn on 26 May 1968 was the day that Iceland changed from left hand traffic to right hand traffic. The change itself occurred formally at 6:00 am.

H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.

May 26, 1968

Headlines from May 26, 1968

That Business Of Staying Alive; That Business of Staying Alive

Bancroft Among 'Players'; Anne Bancroft

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Sports News

2 MATCHES TAKEN BY PETE BOSTWICK; Ambidextrous Putting Beats Tingley and Edwards in Travis Memorial Golf

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Bookends

The Graduate

The Birds; The Bees & The Monkees

Beat Of The Brass

Aretha: Lady Soul

Notable Births

Historical Events

Historical Context for May 26, 1968