Word: generalities
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Standing beside an F-105 jet fighter-bomber and ready for takeoff, it could have been the ghost of the old Flying Tiger himself, General Claire L Chennault, who died last year. There was good reason for the startling resemblance. The craggy-faced general's craggy-faced son, Air Force Major Claire P. Chennault, 38, is 17-year veteran of the service, has two brothers, Colonel John and Master...
Some pungent excerpts from the forthcoming Triumph in the West, Volume II of the war diaries of Field Marshal Lord Alanbroolce, Chief of Britain's Imperial General Staff during World War II, were published in Canada by Maclean's Magazine. Items...
...after a long, lost weekend in New England, accepted a subpoena to testify when the Washington hearings resume Nov. 2). Growing recognition of the networks' irresponsibility (notably their willingness to let packagers control much of their entertainment fare) put in question the ethics of the television industry in general. For the first time, the U.S. was forced to think about the philosophy that lies behind the picture tube as well as the character of those who sit in front...
Midget Centers. Georgia is one of 44 states with centralized machinery for attracting general practitioners to rural areas. Many young doctors are reluctant to try it because they fear professional isolation, want to be near good hospitals. Virginia and Kansas pioneered with plans to have communities build midget medical centers and lease them (sometimes at $1 a year) to doctors in sectors remote from hospitals. The Sears, Roebuck Foundation works through the A.M.A. in offering communities help in planning, financing, building and equipping the centers. Last week Dr. Sills got his permanent license from the Georgia Board of Medical Examiners...
Detroit's automakers, who consume 15% to 20% of the nation's steel, are worst off, face heavy layoffs in the next few weeks. General Motors has already laid off 60,000 of its 330,000 production workers, will lay off another 60,000 this week. Chevrolet's Framingham, Mass, plant is closed; all but three of Chevy's other twelve assembly plants go down this week. Some of Chrysler's plants are on a four-day basis, and the companies may have to close some parts and components plants altogether this month because...