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...Supreme Court ruled unanimously against five Navy enlisted men, all of them black, who sued their officers on the U.S.S. Decatur. They claimed that because of their race they had received degrading assignments and had been unfairly disciplined. The court said the men should have sought corrective action within the military-justice system. "The special nature of military life," wrote Burger for the court, "would be undermined by a judicially created remedy exposing officers to personal liability...
...congressional order that it trim the sails of its 1983 spending. But the Navy did not want to cut planned procurement of new ships. Of the 13 Forrest Sherman-class escort destroyers that were retired, twelve had been extensively overhauled within the past two years. Of the four Decatur-class guided-missile destroyers retired, three had been recently overhauled. Even some Navy fleet commanders were dismayed by the retirement of five landing-dock ships (four of which had recently been overhauled) that are essential for quickly moving troops to trouble spots. This was done to keep just one new landing...
Iron was in his name, of course, and in his family history and his social environment. He was born in Decatur, Ind., in 1906, the descendant of a 19th century blacksmith, and his sculptural language flowed with perfect naturalness out of a childhood in the part-mechanized heart of America. "We used to play on trains and around factories," he recalled. "I played there just like I played in nature, on hills and creeks." Thousands of youngsters, no doubt, could say the same; but art grows out of other art, and what opened the sluices and let Smith...
There are some noteworthy efforts to turn the interest back on. The N.S.F. conference last week took place at the site of one model program. Set in 145 rolling acres in Decatur, Ga., the Fernbank Science Center boasts a 65-acre nature forest, a 500-seat planetarium, a collection of dinosaurs and a 36-in. reflector telescope that has been used to track Apollo space missions. Students from all over the surrounding DeKalb County school district use the facility. Each quarter, for example, 60 ninth-graders are bused in for a nine-week program in which they study math, physics...
Nick Belluso will try just about anything to get elected. When the 60-year-old investment counselor from Decatur ran for Governor of Georgia in 1978, he hoped to mesmerize voters by featuring a hypnotist in his television ads. The conservative Republican lost the race but not his faith in the power of suggestion. This year, running for Georgia's secretary of state against former Veterans Administration Chief Max Cleland, Belluso hoped his new first name, which he had legally changed, would evoke a connection with his political idol. That did not work either. The man now known...