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...TIME, Aug. 30), Ford and G.M. will offer minor styling changes on most models, major restyling on only a few. At Ford, the major work has been done on the full-size cars, including the LTD, which will be wider and lower, boast such features as a "flight cockpit" instrument array, a short rear deck and the long hood that is fast becoming a Detroit cliche. Mustang, the car that inspired the look, is becoming fast, period. Next year's "Mach 1" model will be able to live up to the name of its "Cobra...
...airports and allots the bulk of such operations to scheduled commercial flights. At New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, where the pressure has been greatest, the FAA intends to allow a fixed number of 80 landings and takeoffs an hour. The allocation is based on instrument conditions; if the weather is suitable and visual-landing regulations prevail, more than the 80 will be permitted. Priority will be given to commercial airlines, with a small number of reservations split between air taxis and private airplanes. At Kennedy, moreover, private planes will be banned between the peak hours...
Having unburdened himself of all that, Hayakawa hastened to add that he had not intended to make a "terrible condemnation of television." After all, he said, it is "a wonderful instrument of communication, perhaps more effective than any in the history of the world. There are no villains in this story. We are all simply victims of the unforeseen consequences of a technological revolution...
...would make a good President, he answered: "I am willing to be President. I think I would be an adequate President. I really don't want to let you believe that I'm carrying the whole burden for the country. I'm kind of an accidental instrument, really...
When Motorola's executive vice president, C. Lester Hogan, quit last month to become president of rival Fairchild Camera & Instrument, he took seven colleagues along with him. Besides suffering a prompt drop in the price of its stock, Motorola began worrying that the mass exodus would mean a loss of trade secrets. Last week it acted. Filing suit in U.S. District Court in Phoenix, Motorola Inc. asked damages against Hogan, his associates and Fairchild, also sought to enjoin Fairchild from hiring away any more...