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What is now called the horse cavalry, to distinguish it from the armored cavalry of tanks and jeeps that replaced it, was phased out of the U.S. Army slowly, over a period of years that began in the early '40s and officially ended in 1950. But the end had begun much earlier. General George S. Patton, the most flamboyant cavalryman since Custer, had commanded tanks in World War I. And, of course, 1950 was not really the end. There were too many memories...
While sparring with the union, Continental executives have launched an all- out campaign to win back customers. The airline has begun keeping on call at the Newark, Denver and Houston airports "hot spares" -- fueled-up planes with standby crews ready to step in if another jet develops difficulties that prevent its takeoff. The airline is spending $60 million this year on employee training. Customers receive cash rebates of $10 to $50 for filling out "report cards" grading the carrier's performance. Capping these efforts is an advertising blitz featuring full-page confessionals in major publications. "We grew so fast that...
...demanded that radical labor unions end their strikes and obey back-to-work court orders. Aquino can claim some credit for this year's expected 5% rate of economic growth, an impressive figure after three years of negative and near zero expansion. Yet the resurgent economy has only begun to replenish the depleted treasury. Aquino's attempts to run an efficient government and an effective war against the N.P.A. are hampered by a lack of funds. An expected surge in U.S. aid has turned out to be a mere trickle. Because of the Gramm- Rudman budget-balancing law, the State...
Even as rumors of new military uprisings swirl, the Communists have begun to show their hand in the capital, infiltrating its unruly confines with small assassination squads known as Sparrow units, so called for their small size and great mobility. This year more than 150 policemen and soldiers have been killed. To counter the hit squads, Manila police -- with Aquino's reluctant approval -- have organized gangs of vigilantes to drive out the Communists. Last week more than 4,000 Manila residents signed up for duty. Those who are accepted will be issued weapons and given training. The Communists are fighting...
...Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, the 1963 film starring Sophia Loren, postwar Naples was awash with contraband cigarettes. Today the Italian city is afflicted with a more serious criminal commodity: heroin. Addiction among the young is so widespread that parents have begun to hire private eyes to keep a drug watch on their children...