Word: coverers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...murder case in Viet Nam and the controversy of the Ted Kennedy case -where questions and speculation continue. Two violent conflicts also are dissected: one in Northern Ireland and the other on the Sino-Soviet border. As always, crime is very much on everyone's mind, and the cover story, written by Gerald Clarke, explores the influence of the Mafia in virtually every facet of U.S. life...
...Cover: Sculptural assemblage by Jack Gregory, photographed by Seymour Mednick...
...Cedar Rapids, Iowa, one of the eight under arrest. It was engaged in counterespionage along the borders of Laos and Cambodia, employing a network of 300 secret agents to spot enemy infiltrators, supply dumps and rest camps. One of its top agents was a Vietnamese national with the cover name of Thai Khac Chuyen...
Mourners offer amputated fingers as funeral gifts. Favorite adornment includes bird-of-paradise feathers, skulls on strings, and gourds to cover the genitals. The Papuans are also skilled craftsmen in wood and industrious raisers of pigs, sweet potatoes, tobacco, sugar cane, ginger and bananas...
Lack of Motivation. One obvious explanation is that the current G.I. Bill's benefits are relatively small. Today's unmarried veteran receives $130 a month to cover all expenses, including tuition. World War II veterans received tuition, fees and book costs (up to $500 a school year) plus a $75 living allowance, which went a lot farther in the '40s. Another reason is that highly paid jobs are plentiful in an overheated economy. Still another is the educational background of the soldier returning from Viet Nam. Because of college-draft deferments, service ranks were filled with less...