Word: jacke
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Jack Krentzlin T itusville...
...Dowser MacLean, who still works as a chemical engineer in Portland, claims he can divine the arrival of oil tankers even when they are still far beyond the horizon. He adds: "Doesn't make any difference how far the object is if you have the power." California Dowser Jack Livingston professes to have spotted water as far as a continent away. Why don't the dowsers use their gift for predicting the outcome of a race or the future price of a stock? "Not ethical," snaps MacLean. "You should only put dowsing to work for the good...
...congressional hearing that the FAA has been dangerously delaying the use of a practical system for automatically warning pilots of a possible collision. The need for such a device has been conceded by most aviation experts for years; yet none are in general use. Asked Eastern Air Lines Pilot Jack Howell: "I wonder how many more San Diegos we will have before we get an efficient system...
Dick Strout, 80, at President's left. Covered Calvin Coolidge. Still reporting. Charley Bartlett across table. Introduced Jack Kennedy to Jackie Bouvier. J.F. terHorst off to left, Once Jerry Ford's press secretary, Ike's favorite, Roscoe Drummond, on duty. Des Moines, Los Angeles, Baltimore ready to ask questions. President does not eat. Already been up several hours. He sips water. Puffy eyes. Still tired from Camp David. Delicious fatigue. New spirit in room. Respect from press. Carter easier. Abe Lincoln looking benignly down from the wall, chin in hand, elbow on knee. Carter with chin...
...anyone looking for bombshell revelations of Cabinet officers making national policy, or jealously competing for the President's ear, the minutes were a great disappointment. Written in colorless prose by Cabinet Secretary Jack Watson, they are matter-of-fact summaries of bureaucratic business that took place at Cabinet meetings between March 14, 1977, and March 13, 1978. "Those boring minutes," sighed the Washington Post in a tongue-in-cheek editorial comparing them with the secret transcripts of the Nixon Administration's private moments. "It's hard to hold back the tears of nostalgia...