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...fastest-growing activities in U.S. guerrilla programs is the use of military units to take on civic action projects in underdeveloped nations. The theory is that guerrillas can operate successfully only when the civilians are in sympathy with them. To win loyalty from native populations and make guerrilla warfare less likely, Air Commandos and Special Forces help truck drinking water into slum areas of Guayaquil, Ecuador, fly medical teams into rural Bolivia, build roads and schools in the Dominican Republic. Most such projects are in Latin America...
House-to-House. With the backing of state and local TB fighters, Toms River physicians and civic workers organized a campaign to get everyone in the community tine-tested. Not that Toms River has more TB than most other U.S. communities-it probably has less, thanks to uncrowded living conditions and abundant sea breezes-but the makeup of its population is a good cross section of the nation. And it has plenty of what Dr. Kandle calls the "win-it-now spirit," determination to wipe out old-fashioned TB completely before a new super strain of drug-defying bacilli...
...Bombay's outskirts, is served by a staff of 65. A devout Hindu, he eats no meat, keeps his own herd of cows to supply his family with milk, and wears simple white cotton from his own mills. Mafatlal and other Indian industrialists of his generation are more civic-minded and less apologetic about wielding great wealth than were their fathers and grandfathers. Since their companies generally thrive despite India's chaotic economic conditions-while many government projects founder because of red tape and mismanagement-they are understandably anxious to protect themselves from nationalization. Yet they agree that...
...addition to the Boston Broadcasters, applications have been submitted by the greater Boston Television Corporation, the Charles River Civic Television Company, and the Hub Broadcasting Company. The Herald-Traveler has reapplied for the license...
...finally we made a public plea for donors." Volunteers turned up by the score. Prison inmates from Texas and Oklahoma bled freely for the sick boy. So did G.I.'s from nearby military camps. Home in Muskogee, the high school student council raised $5,000; with churches, civic clubs, even a barnstorming pro basketball team pitching in. And still Fred's condition deteriorated...