Word: civilianizes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Reporting for this week's cover story on the My Lai massacre was an even more difficult and painful assignment than usual for our Saigon bureau. "A mantle of almost complete secrecy descended on American officialdom in Viet Nam, both military and civilian," cabled Bureau Chief Marsh Clark. Nevertheless, Clark and his staff provided intensive coverage of the events in their area. Correspondent Burt Pines pursued the psychological aspects with doctors and chaplains at U.S. Army headquarters in Long Binh, while Stringer Harold Ellithorpe, a Viet Nam veteran, contributed the comments of Red Cross officials plus his own observations...
Goldberg's summary of his department's working budget indicated that over 80 per cent of the astronomy funds come from government grants. Most of the grants, however, come out of civilian agencies. The most important source for research money is the National Space and Aeronautics Agency (NASA), which provided nearly 70 per cent of the total Federal funds during fiscal...
...what one research fellow termed "the silent majority supporting the Observatory Director" clearly rejected any move to cut off defense funds. Goldberg said that, as an individual, he would rather see basic research funded by civilian agencies. But he does not want to see a cut in the defense money and the losses in basic astronomy research which would result, he indicated...
...nickel for defense use. The U.S. may be forced to look for a shiny substitute for the metal that goes into dimes and quarters and makes up 25% of the content of nickels. Thefts of nickel from private warehouses have become common. Manufacturers in civilian markets are in a constant scramble for nickel, some of them patronizing a black market and paying as much as $9 a pound. Small businessmen have taken the hardest beating; they did not have the capital to lay in large supplies before the strike. Eventually, consumers will have to pay more for carving knives, stainless...
...Selective Service called in sixteen National Guardsmen on active duty to clean up the draft offices. All six draft boards are closed to the public today as civilian draft board clerks continue the clean-up process...