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MINNEAPOLIS, May 3 -- The American Association of University Professors found, today "a direct threat to academic freedom" in speeches on campus disrupters by Attorney General John N. Mitchell and other spokesmen for the Nixon Administration.
NY Times survey on campus unrest notes wave of disapproval sweeping statehouses and state legislatures resulting in rise in legis aimed at curbing and penalizing those responsible; cites bills pending in several states
WASHINGTON -- The President of the United States and other men of authority turned to the campus last week and told it to show some "backbone" by reasserting the customs and enforcing the laws of the land.
Govt sees exports aided if W Ger Govt should decide to revalue mark
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 30, 1969, covering May 4, 1969.
Original Cast Recording
Glen Campbell
Blood| Sweat & Tears
The Temptations
Donovan
1969Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian author and poet (born 1892)[†]
Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet CH CBE was an English writer. His elder sister was Edith Sitwell and his younger brother was Sacheverell Sitwell. Like them, he devoted his life to art and literature.
In 1969, the world population was approximately 3,619,491,579 people[†]