Systems analysis a terrible boss say Admiral Rickover
Editorial questions the Defense Department Office of Systems Analysis as a tool that has become a bottleneck delaying key defense projects. Rickover warns that overreliance on cost concepts risks U S progress in attack submarine development and threatens national safety.
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Systems Analysis
Adm
Hyman G. Rickover
Rickover
U. S. Defense Department
Office of Systems Analysis
Senate Armed Forces Preparedness Subcommittee
Defense Department
Soviet Union
United States
Impressions Of Inez On The Marvelous Sex
Impressions praise men's invention of labor saving devices from the washboard to self cleaning ovens. The piece credits Benjamin Franklin and G I soldiers for innovations, noting men’ s aversion to chores sparked progress. A playful defense of male ingenuity and a call to thank them.
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Inez
Rex Harrison
Fair Lady
Benjamin Franklin
Vietnam
Tunisia
G. I. Lavndre
Bright lights glare annoy neighbors, readers urged to shade
In a reader forum, residents call attention to intrusive bright building lights that shine into neighbors homes. The letter thanks those who have shaded or redirected lights and asks others to be considerate. A second note expresses disgust at lack of support for a Little League coach in Decary's League.
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Decary
Washington Feighan probes Burton Taylor case secrets
The closed hearing reveals Rep. Feighan grilling Abba Schwartz on visa rules and morals amid Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton scandal. Immigration officials discuss Burton’s AM to Canada visit and potential visa revocation as Ford watchers note Schwartz later faced government pressure. The piece links to broader claims about immigration policy and pressuring officials.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
Capitol Hil
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Aneton
Michael Feighan
Cleveland
Ohio
Burton
New York
Feighan
House Immigration Committee
Immigration and Nationality Act
Richard Burton
Abba Schwartz
Schwartz
United States
Raymond Farrell
Los Angeles
Canada
Hamilet
Farrell
Moore
Niagara Falls
Miss Taylor
State Department
America
Saigon
Husbands Need Protection Act Gets Irony and Laughter
A Washington column mocks a proposed miss Furness backed bill nicknamed the Husband's Protective Act. The piece jokes about guarding spouses from door-to-door sales, then widens to satirize laws aimed at controlling shopping, mail orders, and household spending, ending with a light note on Capitol Hill and visiting tourists.
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Don Maclean
Washington
Betty Furness
National Press Club
Rockefeller shifts to militant campaign against Nixon
Rockefeller plans stronger attacks in coming weeks aimed at Nixon on war policy and race. He labels Nixon as hard line on war and accuses him of racially inspired southern support. Aiming to broaden the attack to voters beyond Republicans, Rockefeller seeks to dent Nixon’s delegate lead as time runs out.
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NEA
Washington
Nelson Rockefeller
Richard Nixon
Rockefeller
Chicago
Vietnam
Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Cleveland
Rockefeler
Birds Named in Descriptive Reform Debate
Wayne Hanley discusses proposals to rename birds for clearer descriptions led by Edward C. Fritz of Dallas. He cites changes already made by the AOU and suggests new labels such as blue winged warbler to black-squint yellow headed warbler and golden eagle to a more descriptive term, noting risks and historical precedents.
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Edward C. Fritz
Dallas
Tex
Fritz
American
Ornithologists Union
BioScience
AOU
Europe
Spain
New England
Bewick
Futz
Lincoln
Samuel A. Eliot Jr
Connecticut Valley
Nashville
Eliot
Africa Begins Mass Smallpox Immunization Drive
A three year old Ghanian girl becomes Africa’s 25 millionth smallpox shot, marking the first year of a US backed effort to immunize 110 million people. Thirty six American doctors and 1,100 West African medical staff coordinate the program with a target date in the early 1970s. Smallpox and measles kill many rural residents. vaccine costs cited as one penny for smallpox and 42 cents for measles. A US spokesman calls the effort a necessary beginning and quotes faith and resolve responses.
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Africa
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By Wayne Hanley
James Keller
U.S
Daniel
Biddeford -Saco Journal
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E. P. Ingalls
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