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Since he took over as head of Brit ain's ailing BOAC in early 1964, Sir Giles Guthrie, 51, has worked a minor miracle. Unfazed by the state-owned airline's $224 million accumulated def icit, brought about mostly by costly equipment flops in the 1950s, ex-Banker Guthrie lopped off money-losing routes, eliminated nonessential jobs, enlivened the company's advertising. His no-nonsense reforms soon had BOAC in the black for the first time in eight years; next month the company will announce record annual earnings of $64 million. The most remarkable thing about...
Ryan (Navy) defeated Nayar (Harvard) 15-11, 15-10, 4-15, 5-15, 15-12; Earl (N) def. Sterne (H) 18-16, 13-15, 12-15, 15-6, 15-11; Gonzalez (H) def. Cowin (N) 15-11, 9-15, 15-13, 15-12; Scott (N) def. Stapleton (R) 15-11, 15-11, 9-15, 18-16; Hughes (N) def. Hall (H) 17-16, 15-8, 15-17, 15-10; Black (H) def. Minter (N) 15-14, 15-14, 16-15; Fossum (N) def. Akabane (H) 17-15, 18-15, 12-15, 15-11; Beard (N) def. Harwood...
Nayar (H) def. Serues (P) 15-12, 15-3, 15-4; Sterne (H) def. Hamlin (P) 15-11, 8-15, 15-12, 15-6; Gonzalez (H) def. Cohen (P) 15-7, 15-13, 17-14; Stapleton (H) def. Arkuni (P) 15-6, 15-13, 15-4; Keilel (P) def. Hall (H) 15-5, 17-16, 12-15, 15-12; George (P) def. Black (H) 15-13, 15-8, 11-15, 15-10; Melidosian (P) def. Harwood (H) 18-16, 15-7, 5-15, 15-12; Levin (P) def. Scheinmann...
...Def & Lem. Since Harkins' February arrival, the Vietnamese and his own staff have learned that the general's own "reaction time" is pretty quick. On a typical day last week, Harkins rose at 6 a.m., did the setting-up exercises that replace his favorite sports of riding, squash, golf and swimming, which he no longer has time for, and dressed in freshly pressed suntans, had breakfast with his attractive wife, the former Elizabeth Conner of Ewing, Neb. Arriving at Saigon airport at 8 a.m., Harkins climbed into his small L23 transport and the pilot took off, cruising...
While in flight, Harkins put on his glasses, made notes on index cards for a speech to be made to a new contingent of U.S. officers arriving next day. In clear block letters he jotted down such phrases as "Remember you are not commanders," "Diplomat discreet," and "Def . . . Lem . . . Felt . . ." In other words, he intended to tell the new men not to give orders to the Vietnamese, only to advise; they are to work hard to get along with their Vietnamese counterparts; and Defense Secretary McNamara, General Lyman Lemnitzer and Admiral Harry Felt were all arriving in a week...