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...crises. This Washington reflex is not discouraged by Government officials. They are rightfully concerned with keeping tight rein on the military. As President Kennedy once said: "I don't want some sergeant starting World War III." Yet the Pike report demonstrates that a better balance must be found if local commanders are not to be paralyzed in cases of limited threats. The report urges that the Administration seek -"on an emergency basis"-new methods to get the several echelons of command to talk and listen to each other, and to act on what they hear...
...quiet herd on legislatures that are yet to enact petitions. One of his aides has been visiting state capitals. State representatives have even received personal phone calls from the gravel-voiced Senator. During a recent debate over the petition in the Delaware legislature, Senate Majority Leader Frank Grier suddenly found himself called to the telephone. It was Dirksen, a total stranger. He told the startled legislator to "bear down" and get the votes necessary for passage...
Pattern. Karen's murder followed what is by now a pattern: the victim, usually walking alone, accepts a ride and disappears. Her body is found several days later. All the girls were brunette Caucasians, and all were murdered in rainy weather. Six of the seven were either strangled, stabbed in the neck or left with something twisted around their necks. The exact official causes of death: two by gunshot, two by strangulation, two by stab wounds and one by skull fracture...
Jane Mixer, 23, who was shot last March, was the only girl not sexually molested, mutilated or left nude. The other victims* were subjected to intense brutality; most were raped, stripped and tortured. One girl was found with several fingers, her feet and part of one forearm severed...
...with their microscopes, spectroscopes and radiation counters, the LRL's scientists have already pried loose some of the moon's long-guarded secrets. By analyzing a pinch of the powdery lunar dust with a flame ionization detector, Chemist Richard Johnson of NASA's Ames Research Center found the first conclusive evidence of organic compounds on the moon. The presence of these carbon-containing compounds does not prove the existence of life on the moon-simply that its soil contains an element that is basic to life on earth. Johnson found only 25 parts per million of such...