Word: fairings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...permits police to hold a suspect up to six hours-and longer in some cases-without an arraignment. Noting that these provisions apply only to federal cases, Johnson snowed his displeasure by telling the Attorney General and J. Edgar Hoover that federal suspects should still be given "full and fair warning" of their constitutional rights...
Last year, after taking 10,000 pages of testimony, the FCC determined that a fair return on Bell's interstate capital investment would be 7% to 7.5% v. the 7.5% to 8.5% that Bell had asked for. The FCC thereupon ordered interstate phone rates cut by $120 million, or about 3%. After a vigorous appeal, Bell got the FCC to temporarily suspend $20 million of the cut. Two weeks ago, A.T. & T. petitioned to have the $20 million thrown out altogether to compensate for the recent wage settlement and other rising costs...
Most successful in this field is Anacostia Museum in Washington, D.C., launched nine months ago under Smithsonian auspices and currently supported largely from local donations. It has drawn more than 40,000 visitors, with shows of African artifacts and craftwork borrowed from local embassies and even an African food fair. "This place," says Director John Kinard, 30, a native of Washington's inner city, "has brought people who wouldn't otherwise be caught dead in a museum." Shows are often scheduled on the basis of requests found in the suggestion box, giving local residents, as Kinard points...
Money & Fun. Next to come is the California Exposition, a permanent, year-round state fair just five minutes from Sacramento. Opening on July 1, it will feature a vast amusement park, an exhibition center, a race track and artificial lakes. The $20 million project, which is designed for the enjoyment of all the family, covers 630 acres. Estimates are that in the next twelve years the Exposition will draw 50 million people, gross some $330 million for the state-and in the process create a sizable boom for Sacramento...
...several styles (Mitch Ryder, Lesley Gore), but all reflect his desire to "avoid the naked, irritating sounds while using the basic force of the beat." Crewe's three-floor Manhattan penthouse-decorated with mirrored ceilings, carved panels from the Indonesian pavilion at the New York World's Fair, and kangaroo-skin bedspreads-is also the nerve center for his group of eight production, publishing and management companies (1967 gross: $4,000,000), which he recently reorganized on the advice of his astrologer...