Word: coverers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...campaign is undoubtedly squeezing the grower, but it is also bleeding the union, which needs some $50,000 a month to house and feed the strikers and cover other expenses. The A.F.L.C.I.O. is pouring $10,000 a month into Delano while Walter Reuther, a friend of Chavez, is contributing $7,500 from United Auto Workers union coffers. Of course, the workers need far more than that, not only in terms of money but moderation as well...
...Cover & Forays. Thailand-based U.S. bombers are providing direct air support to the Royal Lao in their firefights with the North Vietnamese army. U.S. trained Thais sometimes fly Lao planes and man Lao artillery in order to bolster the anti-Communist defenses, dressing in Lao uniforms. Air America and Continental Air Services planes ferry ammunition, boots, radio gear and food to the Lao forces, as do unmarked helicopters piloted by Americans. Air America planes are dropping $3,500,000 worth of food a year to some 125,000 refugees at 86 remote sites-refugees who might otherwise have to turn...
Clinging Power. Lest anyone get the idea that This Morning is a kind of hangover from the Tonight Show, on his premiere Cavett brought on as his first guest Master Builder Buckminster Fuller (TIME cover, Jan. 10, 1964). "I'm only 72," said Fuller. "You don't look a day over 70," said Cavett. When the talk got more cosmic, Fuller suggested that in future centuries women would revert to wearing fig leaves. Cavett asked: "What is it about fig leaves. Do they have some peculiar clinging power?" Fuller: "They are relatively large and durable . . ." Cavett: "And washable...
Removing the Cover. In Washington, the crisis helped to swing a critical vote. The Senate, after considerable debate, heeded Majority Leader Mike Mansfield's warning during an evening session that "tonight is important in the history of this country." It passed the legislation that Martin insisted on to remove the "gold cover" that has been in force since 1934. But the vote was close (39 to 37), as conservative Senators who want deeper cuts in non-military spending and liberals who oppose increased spending on Viet Nam joined together in a coalition of protest. Under the bill...