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...Mistake." As speedily signed by President Kennedy, the bill prohibited a strike for six months, set up an arbitration board to consist of two management members, two labor members and three public representatives. The board was given 90 days to dictate a settlement on two key issues between railway management and labor: the size of work crews, and the continued employment of some 32,000 unneeded firemen on diesel trains. The board's decisions, binding on both labor and management, would take effect in two more months...
...Curiously, history records very few examples of regional master planning," says Pereira, "where not only the new towns but the interrelated land uses of the surrounding areas are planned together. Even today, most big planning projects consist either of creating a new community in a relative void?such as Brasilia?or replanning part of an existing city, as with the usual urban renewal project. The prospect of planning from scratch an entire complex within a major population center rather than hundreds of miles away from it?and to do it under private rather than governmental auspices?would seem to most...
EDWARD RUSCHA, 25, paints what he calls "commercial landscapes. " Sometimes they consist of nothing more than enlarged scraps of lettering from comic strips. "I'm very amused by the subject matter," says Ruscha. "Just like Rembrandt- he probably...
...increased in size much more easily than engines that burn liquids. Solid fuels, in fact, have been the backbone of U.S. military missile power ever since the success of Polaris and Minuteman. Built for the Air Force, the U.A.C. 120-incher is part of Titan III, which will consist of Martin Marietta Corp.'s liquid-fueled Titan II rocket, already operational, with two of the new solid-fuel boosters to help it into space with 2,000,000 Ibs. of thrust...
Institute for Humanistic Studies, where one may attend two-hour discussions on Aristotle's Ethics or Herman Kahn's thermonuclear theories. The music is just as uncompromising. A typical program may consist of a Bach suite, a Mozart piano concerto, and a trio of demanding modern works by Darius Milhaud, conducted by the arthritically crippled composer from his wheelchair. All 40 of the visiting artists also teach, and among those present besides Milhaud this season are Met Opera Star Eleanor Steber and the renowned teacher of Van Cliburn, Rosina Lhevinne. By encouraging the festivaliant to start...