Word: jannings
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Viet Nam long ago became the longest U.S. war, and this week another grim and numbing milestone arrives. It is from Jan. 1, 1961, that the official log of American military dead in Southeast Asia is kept, and thus with the New Year, the war enters its second decade for Americans. Over 53,000 servicemen have died, 44,167 through "action by hostile forces," 8,990 from other causes in the combat theater. They are irretrievable, but those Air Force, Navy and Army fliers still held prisoner in North Viet Nam are not. Hanoi last week released a list...
...frustrated Senators were free with selfcriticism. "I think the Senate looks bad," said one Republican. Democrat Fred Harris of Oklahoma, and Republican Charles Mathias of Maryland announced they would hold hearings Jan. 18 and 19 to consider the reform of the seniority system. Harris said: "Too many people feel that politicians and political institutions are not sufficiently responsive to the public will. There is mounting feeling in this country that the Senate must be reformed, a feeling that has grown enormously as a result of the confusing last days of this Senate session." Mathias thought that Congress's seniority...
THOUGH graduation is many months away, a select corps of college seniors has already completed its toughest course: three long, hard seasons on the gridiron. For most of the students, Jan. 28 will bring what amounts to the final exam. That is when the 26 teams that constitute the National Football League will meet to select their draft choices, and the pros are nothing if not thorough in casing the prospects. College records, glowing press clippings, gaudy trophies mean nothing in themselves. All that counts is a player's potential for prospering in the brutal world of pro football...
TIGHT END. Jan White, Ohio State, 6 ft. 2 in., 216 lbs. Rated by football men as "one of the best all-round athletes in sight," White is a triple threat-a remarkably versatile player whom the pros could easily turn into a wide receiver or a running back. Swift, shifty and sticky-fingered, he is a crunching blocker whom the experts admire for his amazingly consistent performances and his all-devouring desire. He has played in only one losing game in his high school and college career...
First, stock prices plummeted. From Jan. 1 to May 26, which was the blackest day of the bear market, the Dow-Jones industrial average sank from 800 to an eight-year low of 631. During that period alone, the paper loss for securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange was $113 billion, and the nation's 31 million investors lost an average of $3,645 each. The losses were even more severe for stocks on the American Stock Exchange and on the over-the-counter market. The latter came close to collapse for many days during the late...