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...Force will submit recommendations for promotion of generals and admirals above two-star rank to the Defense Secretary and the Joint Chiefs of Staff-and not directly to the President. It is Neil McElroy's intention not to promote men in positions of "importance and responsibility" to higher ranks unless they have "demonstrated . . . the capacity for dealing objectively-without extreme service partisanship-with matters of the broadest significance to our national security...
...richest schools got richer-47.1% of the year's gifts went to 65 major private universities. Yale, leading with $23,465,347, could stack its gifts slightly higher than Harvard, with $22,558,855. Among state universities, California was by far the best money magnet, with $15,366,679; the University of Michigan got $7,612,890. Leaders in other categories: ¶Private men's colleges, the University of the South. $1,883,598. ¶Private women's colleges. Bryn Mawr, $2,863,716. ¶Private coed colleges, Brandeis. $4,271,713. ¶Private professional or technical...
...needy cities in the country," he said last week. "It has three times the suicide rate of any other major city in the country. It ranks high in alcoholism and in the consumption of alcohol. One out of two of its marriages end in divorce, which is a much higher rate than the national average. There are only 40,000 Protestants* in San Francisco [pop. 814,000], and it has probably the lowest church attendance of any major city...
...more serious complaint about the U.S. is American trade barriers. Chile last week was preparing to open sales talks with Russia because new U.S. trade restrictions have squeezed its outlet for copper. To make matters worse, the U.S. Tariff Commission last week recommended higher tariffs on imports of lead and zinc, which several Latin American countries export heavily...
Equally heartening was the powerful Freshman eight's triumph at Princeton. Rowing the course at a low 29 1/2 to 30 1/2 the visitors crushed the much higher stroking Tiger crew by five and one half lengths. Their time of 8:48.4 was actually faster than the Princeton varsity's, but the Freshmen had more help from the wind...