Word: coasts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Illinois' Ninth District embraces Chicago's Gold Coast as well as the city's crowded West Side tenements. In both neighborhoods, Representative Sidney Yates encountered uneasiness with the war. "But, to use a hackneyed phrase," Yates declared, "they don't want peace without honor...
Bridge of Trouble. The imperial reach of the Soviet navy has already begun to have its impact on world events. In the tense Sea of Japan, a flotilla of 16 Soviet cruisers and missile frigates has in the past few weeks shouldered its way between the coast of North Korea and the U.S. Navy task force that was sent into the area to add some muscle to U.S. diplomatic demands for the return of the Pueblo and its crew. Soviet destroyers have also closely shadowed the carrier Enterprise, which withdrew because of North Korean protests shortly before the Soviet navy...
...Realizing the difficulty of absolute accuracy in strange fields, I am both sympathetic to and understanding of an error in your article on boating in which it was reported that free navigation courses are offered by "the Coast Guard's Power Squadrons" [Feb. 2]. The U.S. Power Squadrons is not related to the Coast Guard. It is an independent organization whose sole mission is to teach small-boat handling, free of charge, to anyone willing to attend its classes. Comprised of 369 squadrons located throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico, Okinawa, Hawaii, etc., it reaches some 70,000 students each...
...about $14 a share a year ago, is now being quoted at twice that amount. Another winner, Kentucky Fried Chicken, was acquired by the fund at about $7 per share; it is now selling in the $50s. "We took a lot of ribbing, especially from the East Coast, for adding something called Kentucky Fried Chicken to our portfolio," says Carr. "Had it been called Kentucky Fried Computers it would probably be selling now for 180 times earnings...
...again at any moment." Reinforcing Kim's threat, the Soviet Union ordered a powerful 13-vessel squadron into the Sea of Japan as a counterforce to the strong U.S. task force there. While the nuclear-powered carrier Enterprise moved from a point 45 miles off the North Korean coast to about 100 miles in a tension-easing gesture, two smaller U.S. flattops and supporting ships maintained their close-in vigil...