Word: airing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Columbus, Ohio, Mayor Tom Moody is doing more than that to counter the Pentagon's plans to ship about 1,400 men out of nearby Rickenbacker Air Force Base. Moody and colleagues have set up a committee to find uses for a deserted base. So far four companies have said they might be interested...
Furthermore, says Tucker, "the logic of the treaty necessitates U.S. military involvement in the Middle East" as a stabilizing force. Among other measures, he favors the U.S.'s taking over the sprawling air base at Etzion, which the Israelis will be giving up as they evacuate the Sinai. He also suggests that Washington consider reinforcing the U.S. Mediterranean fleet and establishing a naval base at Haifa...
...Shah flew to the Bahamas aboard a Royal Air Maroc 747, which had been made available by his reluctant host since January, Morocco's King Hassan II. U.S. officials actively assisted the Shah in finding a temporary new home. New Zealand, as well as some Latin American governments, were discreetly asked if they would receive the Shah as a permanent guest. Administration officials advised the Emperor that he would be welcome to settle in the U.S., but that Washington could not guarantee either his physical security or diplomatic immunity from legal actions taken against him by Iran...
...Samuel H. Day Jr., the magazine's associate editor and an anti-nuclear campaigner. Ironically, Morland had once intended to become a nuclear scientist, but a few introductory courses at Atlanta's Emory University convinced him otherwise. He majored in economics, spent five years as an Air Force pilot and held down various jobs. His first contribution to the Progressive, a 3,400-word piece on tritium, a form of hydrogen used in H-bombs, appeared in February...
Salant's term at CBS was ended by the network's policy of mandatory retirement for network brass (but not for on-the-air personnel) at 65, the same policy that led six years ago to the reluctant departure of Frank Stanton, the network's longtime president. (The only exception: CBS Godfather William Paley, who continues at 77 as chairman of the company he founded.) Like Stanton, Salant was offered a consulting contract, but he preferred a full-time job instead. Said Walter Cronkite, 62: "It's a darn shame that our policy doesn...