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dent, gave him plenty of leeway in the past. That hands-off approach makes their strong reaction to his latest comments all the more remarkable.
• Gee, one of the most well-known college presidents in the country, is having to undergo a "remediation plan" after making remarks about "damn Catholics" and attacking the academic integrity of the Southeastern Conference.
• "Offensive statements," Ohio State board chairman Robert Schottenstein called the remarks.
• "For the leader of a renowned university, inappropriate comments about particular groups, classes of people or individuals are wholly unacceptable and are not in line with what we aspire to be as an institution of higher education," Schottenstein said in a statement.
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Dallas boarding house where Lee Harvey Oswald lived when JFK assassinated to go up for sale
• DALLAS (AP) -- A small nook off a dining room with just enough space for a twin bed has made a Dallas boarding house a point of fascination for the last 50 years, because of one man who occupied it for about six weeks in 1963: Lee Harvey Oswald.
• The house has been in Patricia Hall's family since about 1942, but she has decided that it's finally time to let it go -- as long as a buyer wants to preserve it and offers the right price for the onetime home of the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy.
• "I understand the significance of the history of this house," said Hall, 61. "It doesn't matter if you believe in a conspiracy or the lone gunman. The fact is that Lee Harvey Oswald lived here."
• Oswald rented the 5-by-14 foot room on Oct. 14, 1963, from Hall's grandmother, Gladys Johnson. He stayed at the red brick house with white trim during the week while working his new job at the Texas School Book Depository, and on the weekends he returned to the suburb of Irving where his wife lived.
• Oswald briefly returned to the house on Nov. 22, 1963, about 30 minutes after (Continued on page 35)
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