Word: formerly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...less an authority than General David Shoup, retired Marine Corps Commandant and Medal of Honor winner, accuses the armed services of relishing war for the sake of self-aggrandizement, of making the U.S. "a militaristic and aggressive nation." Physicist Herbert York, former Pentagon chief of research, development and engineering, warns that Americans will face a "Frankenstein monster that could destroy us." Not only are military motives questioned, but military competence as well. The defense complex is indicted for being unable to develop weapons that work well enough, wasting money needed for civilian purposes, giving bad and dangerous advice...
...midmorning on a sparkling April day, the burial procession, including cars carrying President Nixon and former President Johnson, set out from the station. It passed along Buckeye Avenue and stopped at the Eisenhower Center, a complex of buildings that includes the Eisenhower Library and the museum, the home where Ike grew up, and the Place of Meditation, a nondenominational chapel where he chose to be buried. After the rites, the flag that had covered the casket was care fully folded and handed to the general's wife of 52 years with the traditional military words: "This flag is presented...
...voters may well overrule him. In a mayoral primary last week, the flamboyant mayor polled only 26% of the vote. Yorty came in a distant second to City Councilman Thomas Bradley, a Negro, who captured 42% of the total. A lawyer and former police lieutenant, Bradley, 51, fell short of the majority needed to prevent a May 27 runoff against Yorty. But by drawing 293,753 votes to Yorty's 183,334, he established himself as the favorite. Bradley's showing was more impressive for the fact that he was running in a field...
...leadership, he argued. The mayor "has to take on the role of being the community's moral force. For most of its people, the city has ceased functioning. All it does is pick up garbage. How can you identify with a garbage truck?" The 6-ft. 3-in. former football and track star impressed audiences with his expertise on urban affairs. To whites anxious about the city's racial divisions, Bradley declared: "Let me say to those of you who are uneasy-that black, brown or white or yellow or gray or magenta, I happen...
...Against Yorty, who supported Richard Nixon in 1960 and who last year was touting himself as a potential Secretary of Defense in a G.O.P. Administration, that was not an impossible task. Bradley won endorsements from Senators Edmund Muskie, Fred Harris and California's own Alan Cranston and from former Governor Pat Brown. He mobilized 10,000 volunteers, set up 31 neighborhood headquarters, compensated for a lack of sizable contributions by attracting small sums from thousands of donors...