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...practical approach was suggested by a namesake of the President's, Army Chief of Staff Harold K. Johnson, who told a group of Oklahoma newsmen that while Americans must naturally be fully informed about setbacks and casualties, they should also be told more about "personal acts of heroism, civic action and construction work" in Viet Nam. Indeed, a single act of heroism like that of Army Captain William Carpenter in the Central Highlands last week (see following story) can do more to put the war in focus for most Americans than quartos of consensus-seeking rhetoric...
During the past decade, Harvard has cautiously ventured into the world of City government. It has done so largely through one man, Charles P. Whitlock. As assistant to the President for civic affairs, Whitlock has been Harvard's link to the City's patch-work politics. He attends meetings of the City Council and of many civic and neighborhood organizations. On almost all matters that involve Harvard and the City, he represents the University. But, more importantly, he has carefully cultivated the friendships of political and civic leaders...
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...
MOUNT ST. MARY'S COLLEGE (Calif.) Dorothy Buffum Chandler, D.H., Los Angeles civic leader. Her great success in making real the concern of a lifetime which culminated in the incomparable music center...
...weekend last February, 75 companies and Government agencies set up recruiting booths in the Civic Auditorium. Among those represented: Metropolitan Life, Safeway Stores, General Electric, IBM, Bank of America, Trans World Airlines, Levi Strauss. To draw a large crowd, sound trucks blared the news of the fair through neighborhoods heavily populated by Negroes, and clergymen spread the word from pulpits. In all 10,000 people showed up looking for jobs. They met with company recruiters, some of them Negroes, who explained each company's requirements and opportunities...