Word: cannonism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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LASER-GUIDED ARTILLERY: The Army is enthusiastic about the potential of a newly developed 155-mm. shell. Fired from a conventional cannon, the 6-in. shell sprouts tail fins and small forward wings to prevent spinning. It can be aimed up to 500 yds. wide of a target illuminated with a laser beam projected by a forward observer. A "seeker" in the nose of the shell picks up the laser reflection, controls the fins and thus guides the shell to the target. Another application of the laser is giving tank guns more accurate range finders. Once they get a target...
...domestic legislation and programs, but he will be charged with directly supervising its work. Moreover, two of Rockefeller's close aides, formerly in New York State government and now in his vice-presidential office, will head the council's day-by-day operations. Ford appointed James M. Cannon, 56, formerly Rocky's top legislative aide in Albany, to the $42,500 post of executive director of the council after the present director, Kenneth R. Cole Jr., leaves on March 1. Richard L. Dunham, 45, former New York State budget director, will become deputy director...
Rockefeller was asked by Ford to suggest some names for the vacated top staff jobs on the Domestic Council. He nominated Cannon and Dunham -and nothing happened. Ford's own aides, including Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld, were reluctant to give that kind of authority to Rockefeller men. Rumsfeld's prime candidate for Cannon's job was Harvard Law Professor Phillip Areeda, who late last week announced his resignation as counsel to the President. The delay was awkward for Rockefeller. Two weeks ago, he met Ford for an hour behind the closed doors of the Oval Office...
Similar Duties. The Rockefeller men being promoted have varied backgrounds. Cannon is a veteran newsman, moving from the Baltimore Sun to become a TIME contributing editor, then Newsweek's national affairs editor, chief of correspondents and a vice president. A native of Alabama, he joined Rockefeller's New York staff in 1969. For Rocky, he held a post with duties similar to his Domestic Council position: chairman of the Commission on Critical Choices for Americans...
...skiers had just finished a week of training on the steep slopes, of Cannon Mountain, and were surprised by the shallow pitch of the slope chosen for the giant slalom. While they had been skiing well in Hampshire, the hard edging techniques that they acquired were not the fastest way down the flat OS course. Raines, Adler and sophomore Peter Anton finished a disappointing 29th, 31st, and 38th respectively. Peter Andersen of Dartmouth sporting a skin tight silvery blue downhill suit won the race with a technically superb...