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Wednesday, December 8 DANNY THOMAS SPECIAL (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).* In what can only be described as a burlesque of burlesque, Shirley Jones sings Powder My Back, Lucille Ball recaptures the role of Tondeleyo in White Cargo, Jerry Lewis satirizes the "Leg of Nations...
Nonetheless, the rapid troop buildup has caused horrendous cargo backups, which in turn limit the number of fighting men who can be supported in Viet Nam. To the dismay of field commanders, replacement troops have to be based in Okinawa and other reserve areas far from the front. With an average of 100 ships a day standing off their harbors, South Viet Nam's six biggest ports can at present handle only 17. As many as 40 ships at a time have been diverted to Japan, Okinawa and the Philippines to await docking space in Viet Nam; hundreds more...
...scrupulously residential areas are avoided, bombing Hanoi (pop. 650,000) and Haiphong (375,000) would certainly cause civilian casualties-and a U.S. propaganda setback. Blasting the docks or mining the harbor at Haiphong would provoke furious protests from America's allies, who have hauled some 100 shiploads of cargo there so far this year. Air raids might also stiffen rather than weaken morale on the ground, as happened in both Britain and Germany during World War II. Nor would the destruction of its industrial plant necessarily hobble Hanoi's war in the South, since Peking, Moscow and other...
...marinas and vacation homes. The growth of leisure and the youth market will also strengthen businesses involved with education, including secretarial schools and accounting schools. Oakland Lawyer Michael Rafton tapped that market: In 1960 he put up $31,000 to buy a struggling company that had been making big cargo boxes, switched it into the manufacture of portable classrooms, and last year sold out at a huge profit. The demand for time-saving conveniences can be turned into wealth. Chicago Millionaire Charles Stein, 37, got started by squeezing oranges into juice and selling it to hospitals and hotels. Los Angeles...
...speed subway travel, he proposed construction of several new lines, triple-tracking, and staggered working hours for New Yorkers. As for auto traffic, he suggested expansion of cross-town express routes, priority lanes for busses and trucks, more municipal parking facilities, and relocation of the city's cargo docks so that freight-laden trucks would no longer burden Manhattan streets...