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...freighters take aboard a Cambodian pilot and a navy radio operator who tunes in on military frequencies for word of fighting around the bends in the snaking river. "I watch the pilot and the radio operator," says Captain Lo. "When I see them put on their helmets and flak jackets, I do the same. That's all we can do−and hope for the best...
...business on the mammoth reservation has come to a halt. Families wanting to take in the action have come to Pine Ridge in the dilapidated cars with crunched fenders that are the Indians' trademark. Justice Department people, a few in coats and ties but many more in flak vests, baseball caps and heavy boots, come and go in the area of the BIA building. It is a reunion for many of the federal marshals, distinctive in their flag-bedecked blue jumpsuits. Across the street, on a dried mudbank, sit a line of solemn-faced Indians taking...
...received much flak for our revelation of the causes of the Hynes with-drawal. To this I can only reiterate the editorial response to a letter criticizing our revelations. In that response, appearing in The Crimson of February 10, we said, "A good newspaper has a responsibility to report everything it decides is newsworthy with all possible thoroughness, accuracy, and speed." That is the only way it can be. Dave Hynes is a public figure. As such, his activities always receive public attention. Because he is a public figure, we could not in good faith ignore the fact that...
Abbott Lawrence Lowell and James Michael Curley took their share of flak from The Crimson. In both cases, it seems, the personality of the attacked was as important to the editorialists as their programs. Lowell in particular was challenged for his autocratic manner, and his seeming indifference to the College's public image. When he deigned to discuss his House Plan with the press. The Crimson found the occasion surprising enough to make it the subject of an editorial...
...groups could put a damper on the celebration. Peace organizations in major cities have planned bus trips to the capital, where they hope to hold seminars and mount demonstrations against the war. Apart from the problems anti-Nixon demonstrators may bring, the Inauguration has already run into other minor flak. The President has been mildly criticized for selecting the Philadelphia Orchestra over the city's own National Symphony Orchestra, which has performed at past Inaugurations. Local radio and television stations have balked at providing free commercials to promote the sale of Inaugural medals. J. Willard Marriott, chairman...