Word: finback
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Navy stuffily forgotten a part of the heralded past of the great ships at sea? Last July, Commander Connelly D. Stevenson, 41, permitted a comely go-go dancer to do her uninhibited stuff-topless-aboard his Finback, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, which was docked at Port Canaveral, Fla. Some of the crew figured that the harmless little maneuver would spur morale, and Stevenson went along with the invitation. Indeed, after the ten-minute performance, enthusiastic crew members shouted, hooted and stamped their approval; and the dancer, Cat Futch, 23, got a thank-you buss from Stevenson...
...member International Whaling Commission, an organization that controls whale hunting, has just set drastically reduced quotas for next season's catch. The total number of harvestable whales was cut by 9,000, to 32,500. Most important change was a complete ban on hunting the endangered finback whales except in a small area of the Antarctic. The two biggest whaling nations-Japan and Russia-apparently are going to comply with the new limits. Reason: self-interest. Under new procedures that were designed in response to pressure from the U.S., the commission determines its quotas to ensure the survival...