Page 8 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1976
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Names in the news
By The Associated Press
Archhishop defies
Pope with Mass
BESANCON, France — Roman
Catholic Archbishop Marcel
Lefebvre, already suspended by
Pope Paul VI, says he will celebrate
another Mass in Latin on Sunday in
defiance of the Pope.
Msgr. Lefebvre said Tuesday that
during the Mass this Sunday he will
ordain a priest in accordance with
the Latin rites banned by the Pope.
Msgr. Lefebvre ignored appeals
from the Pope and celebrated Mass
in Latin for some 7,000 Roman
Catholic traditionalists in the north
ern French city of Lille on Aug. 29.
His Mass this Sunday will be cele
brated in the Besancon indoor sports
stadium.
The Roman Catholic church has
for several years required that Mass
be celebrated in the language of the
congregation.
Meier to perform
despite mugging,
NEW YORK—Soprano Johanna
Meier, victim of a mugging over the
weekend, took part in the final re-
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hearsal of a production of Wagner s
“Die Meistersinger” and will appear
in the opera as scheduled on Thurs
day evening.
The final rehearsal was held Tues
day at Lincoln Center. Miss Meier, a
mainstay of the New York City
Opera Company, was walking in a
passageway at the arts complex last
Saturday when she was knocked to
the ground by a youth who jumped
her from behind.
Henry Ruth named
counsel for funds
WASHINGTON — Former
Watergate Special Prosecutor
Henry S. Ruth has been named gen
eral counsel for the Health and Re
tirement Funds of the United Mine
Workers.
Funds Chairman Harry Huge an
nounced the appointment Tuesday.
He said Ruth will oversee trial and
appellate litigation and advise the
trustees on implementation of the
funds’ health and pension plans.
Ruth succeeded Leon Jaworski as
head of the Watergate Special Pros
ecution Force in 1973. Since leaving
that post last year, he has served as
principal research associate with the
Urban Institute.
CIA plots change
Rusk's statement
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Had
he been aware of Central Intelli
gence Agency plots to kill foreign
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leaders, former Secretary of State
Dean Rusk says he would not have
told the Warren Commission it was
doubtful any foreign government
had a motive to assassinate President
John F. Kennedy.
Nonetheless, Rusk said, the inves
tigation into Kennedy’s death should
not be reopened “if fresh informa
tion is not available. ’’
The Warren Commission con
cluded that Kennedy was slain in
Dallas in November 1963 by one
man, Lee Harvey Oswald.
Surgery success
for FBI director
WASHINGTON — Surgery on
FBI Director Clarence Kelley to re
lieve nerve pressure from a slipped
vertebra “was an even greater suc
cess” than Kelley expected, and the
director has returned to work, a
spokesman said.
Kelley, who was operated on Aug.
16 in his home town of Kansas City,
Mo., was back in his office Monday.
'Family' members
reunited in prison
SAN DIEGO — Charles Manson
“family” members Susan Murphy
and Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme are
practically roommates again.
Miss Murphy, 34, and fellow in
mate Diane Ellis, 33, captured in
Oregon last week after escaping from
Terminal Island federal prison in Los
Angeles, have been imprisoned in
the Metropolitan Correctional Cen
ter, a year-old prison that is consid
ered escape-proof.
Miss Fromme, 27, is serving a life
sentence here for attempting to as
sassinate President Ford last year.
Miss Fromme and Miss Murphy
were roommates in Sacramento,
Calif, at the time of Miss Fromme’s
arrest.
Miss Murphy had been held in
Los Angeles for conspiracy to send
threatening letters to businessmen
she accused of polluting the envi
ronment. Miss Ellis was jailed on a
parole violation after being con
victed of bank robbery.
Betty Ford to open
Chicago festival
VAIL, Colo. — First Lady Betty
Ford, a onetime dancer herself, will
fly to Chicago this weekend to open
the Fifth Lithuanian Folk Dance
Festival.
The festival Sunday is expected to
attract 12,000 spectators and 2,000
dancers from the United States,
Canada, Brazil, Venezuela, Ger
many and Great Britain.
Mrs. Ford will arrive in Chicago
on Saturday, ending a vacation stay
at Vail. She will return to Washing
ton late Sunday.
Pension rejected
by House member
WASHINGTON — House
Minority Leader John J. Rhodes says
he won’t accept a military pension as
long as he is in Congress.
The Arizona Republican says he
agrees with the position of the Na
tional Taxpayers Union that mem
bers of Congress should not accept
federal pensions in addition to their
salaries.
Rhodes, who is to begin receiving
a $500 monthly pension next month
for service as an Army colonel, said
he will return the pension.
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White Sidewalls
Texas A&M freshman Chuck Nagel from
Houston is transformed from a high
school senior to a member of Hustle One,
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courtesy of barber William Sefcik.
Tornadoes traced
in Chicago area
CHICAGO (AP) — The incidence
of tornado activity in the Chicago
area is greatest between the hours of
3 and 7 p.m., during the months of
April, May and June, according to a
study done by University of Chicago
meteorologists.
The final outcome of the project is
a map that traces the paths of all
tornadoes in the area for the past 100
years. University meteorologist
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ject through historical records and
the records of the Chicago office of
the National Weather Service.
Each tornado is indicated by a red
line, and the time and date of occur
rence, as well as the intensity of
every storm, is included.
Singer Kate Smith
leaves hospital
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Singer Kate
Smith has been discharged from
Boulevard Hospital, where she was
being treated for a throat infection.
No report on her condition was
released, but a spokesman for the
hospital said on Tuesday that Miss
Smith, 67, “had been improving.”
Miss Smith was admitted to the
hospital over the past weekend.
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