Navy’s SES could speed sea power beyond big ships
The piece argues the Navy Surface Effect Ship SES could change naval warfare by achieving 80 to 100 knots and serving as an effective submarine hunter. Citing Adm Elmo Zumwalt and Jane's Surface Skimmers the article notes Pentagon support and Carter budget cuts threaten the prototype 3,000 ton SES with a $315 million price tag and a $12 billion ship plan, urging SES funding as costly ships loom larger.
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ADM. Zumwalt
SES
Jane
Brown
Congress
Navy
Rohr Industries
Chula Vista Calif
Pentagon
Carter
Newspaper masthead and staff credits from April 4 1978
The page lists the senior and associate editors, publisher, business and managing editors, and key staff including A Siebenthaler Sr Elwood Richardson Paul J Day Jim Mills Frank R Myers Elwood Richardson and others, marking the masthead of the issue dated Tuesday April 4 1978.
Rhodesia moves toward majority rule amid UN clash
Black leaders Muzorewa Sithole and Chirau join with Ian Smith in an executive council to draft a Zimbabwe constitution. Elections promised by year end with universal suffrage. UN Security Council condemns the deal as illegal while US abstains, seeking a tougher plan.
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Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Abel Muzorewa
Ndabaningi Sithole
Jeremiah Chirau
Smith
Zimbabwe
Rhodesia-Zimbabwe
United Nations Security Council
Andrew Young
U.N
United States
Young
Israel's Lebanon war raises question of expansionism
Jeffrey Hart argues that Israel's 1976 Lebanon offensives reflect a long struggle beyond retaliation for terror. He notes multiple deadly attacks by Palestinian groups and asks whether continued settlements in Sinai and the West Bank signal a permanent, non negotiable stance that could block a Mideast peace, stressing U.S. regional interests.
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al Fatah
Palestine Liberation Organization
Popular
Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Lebanon
Begin
Mideast
Israel
Sinai
West Bank
Samaria
Saudi Arabia
Unmade bed look tops spring men’s fashion
New York fashion editors say men’s styles shift to casual rumpled. Unbutton shirts, loosen ties, roll sleeves on a $285 silk jacket for a relaxed, disheveled look amid a spring and summer revolution in men's wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Back to naturals fashion shift for men and women
A 1978 style feature notes designers push natural fibers like linen cotton and silk for men and women. The piece details creased crumpled looks thin ties slimmer suits unlined jackets and casual streetwear with high prices for luxurious fabrics and affordable DIY options such as reworking old shirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gentlemen's Quarterly
Wonderful people at Middletown Library honored by letter
A Middletown resident thanks librarian Mrs Helen Leukhardt for helping her 11 year old daughter with a Japan focused school report. The librarian lent priceless Japan artifacts for display, aiding an excellent term paper. The writer urges residents to recognize the library staff’s dedication to children.
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Middletown
Children’s Library
Helen Leukhardt
Japan
Leukhardt
Sue Waddell
Grand Ave
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A. Siebenthaler Sr
Elwood Richardson Business Manager
Paul J. Day
Frank R. Myers
Jim Mills
Joshua Nkomo
Robert Mugabe
Patriotic Front
South Africa
U.S
Ethiopia
Jeffrey Hart
Menachem Begin
Gaza
Tel Aviv
Galilee
Savoy
Jerusalem
Ben Gurion International
Phyllis Battelle
Gentleman's Quarterly
the Journal
the News Journal, Inc
First Ave
Ohio
Onio
USA
Dennis the Menace
Central Avenue
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Sutphin
Central
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