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...more properly, about the scientists and the girl. There is no doubt that the world is ending. There are riots, famine and martial law in Calcutta. Amsterdam has just been accidentally A-bombed into, as an American major (Sterling Hayden) puts it enthusiastically: "Twenty-eight square miles of white ash." The U.S. magnanimously offers to pay reparations to the five survivors, but settling of accounts is of secondary importance in such parlous, fissile times...
...remaining four White House posts, just one is yet to be filled. James Lynn, 47, Nixon's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, is soon to replace Roy Ash as director of the Office of Management and Budget. Ron Nessen, 40, has taken over Ron Ziegler's post as press secretary. L. William Seidman, 53, as Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs, succeeds Kenneth Rush. Kenneth Cole has submitted his resignation as executive director of the Domestic Council, but is continuing to serve until a successor is chosen...
Once the Vice President is installed, other changes of personnel are scheduled to follow. Top man to depart will be Roy Ash, director of the Office of Management and Budget. A prickly personality, Ash has won the respect of the President for his diligence, but he is too closely identified with the policies of the Nixon Administration to stay on in that job. He will be replaced, in fact, by another Nixon appointee, James Lynn, 47, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Despite his Nixonian background, Lynn has impressed friend and foe alike with his administrative ability and political know...
...cost of food stamps to families that qualify for them. Even if the White House gets everything that it is asking from Congress, the budget would still be $9 billion in deficit, but Administration officials are concerned that a tighter squeeze would damage an already weak economy. Says Roy Ash, director of the Office of Management and Budget: "The economy can change faster than the budget...
...nearby Jackson, Wyo., has begun a petition drive to control what she calls the new "scorched earth policy." Says she: "They have burned up one of the most beautiful areas in Teton County." And almost as bad, the fire is causing massive air pollution by sending carbon monoxide and ash into the atmosphere...