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Another objective of Scouting's new look has been to broaden the base of Scout sponsorship, long confined largely to churches and civic groups. Because of national council initiatives, Scout groups run by public-housing authorities have increased since 1960 from 210 to 704, those sponsored by settlement houses from 250 to 380. There are now 39 Scout groups at federal Job Corps camps, 14 at New Jersey's Camp Kilmer alone. As a "middleclass institution," says Job Corps Official David Gottlieb, Scouting appeals to Job Corps boys who "want to make...
...Fence. It began two weeks ago when a Cuban militiaman slipped into the U.S. base at Guantanamo and -ignoring two warnings from guards -was shot trying to scale the fence back into Cuban territory. Castro angrily claimed that the marines had coldbloodedly gunned down the militiaman inside Cuba. Two days later, six more militiamen showed up on the base and even exchanged fire with marines before scrambling back. Once again, Castro accused the U.S. of taking potshots at innocent Cubans. Then, lashing out at the "uncontrolled bandits" and "sons of bitches" to the north, he accused Washington of planning...
Cushioning the Jolt. They were, Small vernier rockets near each of the craft's three legs fired to stabilize the spacecraft in a base-down attitude. When the radar sensed that Surveyor was precisely 52 miles above the moon, it fired a powerful, solid-fuel retrorocket that slowed the craft from 5,840 m.p.h. to only 267 m.p.h. in 40 seconds...
...various departments in the field. Harvard has passed the point where any appointment is bound to bring nods of approval simply because something is better than nothing. The next phase of the building program requires a period of coordination. Shining lights exist, but a coordinated and expanded base must be developed...
According to Ansara, the group does not actively solicit its membership, but instead concentrates on building a "solid base of educated members." As he explains, "students usually start out on one issue. They think the war is bad, or poverty is bad. But once in SDS, there occurs this broadening of their perceptions and their commitments." Consistent with their emphasis on decision-making, they begin to ask "who runs things," while at the same time developing a commitment to "direct action" to solve specific problems...