Word: briefings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Most conspicuous among these is Lawyer Ralph Nader, who gained attention at last week's congressional hearings because G.M. had set private eyes on him after he wrote a book, Unsafe at Any Speed. It is an arresting, though one-sided, lawyer's brief that accuses Detroit of just about everything except starting the Vietnamese war. The manufacturers deserve some knocks for arrogance and a laissez-faire attitude toward safety, but Nader and other recent anti-auto authors weaken their case by overstating it. The traffic tragedy is a compound of many factors: bad roads, loose licensing...
Confident of victory, Wilson brushed aside Heath's charges, turning the accusations into attacks on the 13 years of Tory rule that preceded Wilson's brief 17 months in office. He was still coolly confident of victory as he made his way by train around the hustings. At one Labor rally, he was hit in the face by a stink bomb thrown by a 14-year-old boy. The fluid splashed into Wilson's right eye, and he retreated from the platform for emergency medical treatment. After two days the inflammation subsided, but the incident pointed...
...TWENTIETH CENTURY (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). "Man of the Month." This time he's a woman, Mrs. Indira Gandhi. The program includes a brief biographical resume, an interview with Mrs. Gandhi, and a long look at the problems which she is facing in India...
...Agena's complex systems. Assured that all was in order, they nudged to within five feet of the Agena's nose, close enough for them to read a small, lighted instrument panel over the target craft's docking cone. Using his maneuvering stick, Armstrong fired a brief burst from two of Gemini's 100-lb. thrusters. The gap between Agena and the spacecraft closed at about six inches per second, until the craft gently bumped its nose into the docking cone...
Earlier Friday, Harvard students in SDS will distribute anti-war leaf-lets near the Park St. MBTA station and then hold a brief rally. Afterwards they will march to the North End and repeat the program...