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Boehme's brand of care was apt to be debilitating, Pierce County Prosecutor John G. McCutcheon contended. As McCutcheon told ft, Boehme and Mary were working around the family's new 40-ft. cabin cruiser last June 29 when Mary was struck on the head by a wooden plank "under very peculiar circumstances." As she lay half stunned, Boehme gave her an injection. Next day, at Tacoma's St. Joseph Hospital, where Mary was admitted in critical condition, Dr. Stanley Durkin was puzzled by her symptoms. Miraculously, Mary rallied, and by 7:30 that night...
Until these cadremen are trained-and for a long time after-South Viet Nam's fragile existence will still depend on the protection of U.S. fighting men and the funds of U.S. taxpayers. American aid will rise to $600 million or more this year, is apt to rise higher still as the U.S. underwrites the construction of the schools, power stations, hospitals, roads, ports, and communications systems that are essential for the creation of a viable nation and a healthy unified economy...
...cost of the Viet Nam war; if that war continues to escalate, the President will either have to make more realistic cuts or raise taxes, or both. He will not be able to play the game of nonrecurring gains so actively next year, when keeping the budget down is apt to be much more of a problem...
...Umbrellas is filmed in the most violent, least muted colors you're apt to see in a movie of the 60's. One aria scene between young lovers Catherine Deneuve and Nino Castelnuovo takes place in an alley walled in pink, chartreuse, and flaming orange. By cutting various camera angles, Demy gets background colors to underscore whatever mood happens to be flooding the sound-track in song...
...utilization of the nation's manpower for best advantage, it is almost inevitable that the best educated should get the breaks. The son of the middle or upper class is more apt to be in college or able to pay his way to graduate school. Once graduated, he is more likely to land a job that is "essential"; some 10.7% of college grads acquire occupational deferments-more than 25 times the rate of the next highest category, those with "some college." Before the buildup in Viet Nam, almost any student in any respectable institution automatically...