Word: gearing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Firearms Act. But others, like the San Diego Minutemen, stress survival. Says San Diego Photographer William F. Colley, 39, under whose leadership 2,900 California Minutemen have buried medicine, supplies and 10,000 rounds of ammunition up and down the state: "We hope we never have to use that gear up in the mountains. But it's not hurting us to put it there. And if we ever do need it, we'll be better off than those folks buried under radioactive ash in their concrete coffins...
...fewer, multiple-purpose weapons and space devices. A sharp increase in the scant 40% of aerospace contracts now let through competitive bidding would, he contends, help remind both the military and the industry that money, too, is a resource to be conserved. Says he: "It is completely out of gear to say that a scientist strives for the best regardless of cost. Our job is to get simplified, less costly solutions to defense problems. Defense depends not only on the performance of each unit, but on the number of units that the Government can afford to put in the field...
Aerojet-General Corp., a subsidiary of General Tire & Rubber Co., builds solid-and liquid-fueled rocket engines for a host of missiles. It also produces infra-red sensors and missile support gear. 1960 sales: $425 million...
Sharpened Knives. Around the world, other Army units are on the picket line. G.I.s muffled in cold-weather gear patrol the white wastes of the Arctic. In the jungles of South Viet Nam, guerrilla-fighting experts of the Army's newly formed Special Forces teach villagers how to fire the Mi, then lead them on forays against the Communist raiders that are filtering across the border in increasing numbers. In Hawaii, the 25th Infantry Division is trained in the stealthy art of jungle warfare. During maneuvers, men of the 25th drill on techniques of getting along with native tribes...
High-priced executives are job-hopping across the U.S. as never before. In the Midwest last week, a leading engine builder sadly watched his cherished production chief move on to a firm that makes recreational gear. Farther east, one of the nation's biggest manufacturing companies lost a top manager to a Wall Street brokerage house. Behind these and dozens of similar moves lay a major new force in the U.S. corporate life: the executive recruitment firm...