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...California housewife. A retired woman, Janet Lindo, 67, of Mineola, N.Y., "feels sorry for the little guy-he has to pay almost everything he has in taxes." Much of the anger is directed at property taxes. "They are too high and they're going higher," protests I. Gifford Ladd, of Wellesley, Mass. Moreover, many feel that they get little service in return for the taxes they pay. "They don't do enough with the tax money; you feel that people in government pocket the money themselves," complains Louis McDowell of Edmonds, Wash...
Many voices today insist that the businessman should turn the resources of his company toward solving social problems. H. Ladd Plumley, chairman of State Mutual Life Assurance Co. of America in Worcester, Mass., would add a qualifier: The public-spirited executive had better be prepared to face citizen suspicion and bureaucratic pettifoggery...
TACKLES. Richard Harris, Grambling, 6 ft. 5 in., 265 lbs.; and Tody Smith, Southern California, 6 ft. 5 in., 250 lbs. As menacing as any of the great pro linemen Grambling has turned out (Ernie Ladd, Willie Davis, Buck Buchanan), Harris is the quickest of the bunch-as fast, coaches swear, as some of the team's running backs. "When he decides he's going in," says one scout, "that's it. You can't keep him out." Though Southern Cal's Smith missed six games this season because of injuries, he will...
...element of the program not mentioned in Ladd's inventory is U.S. combat assistance from the air. American pilots have been observed flying spotter planes over Communist positions and directing Cambodian artillery fire by radio. Plane crews that want to fire at enemy targets themselves must radio their home bases in South Viet Nam or Thailand for permission; it is regularly given. The pilots are not anxious to talk about their role. Recently a reporter visiting a group of Cambodian officers at their headquarters overheard an American pilot's radio transmissions and asked to talk...
Credit Rating. On his desk, Ladd has a direct telephone line to a Cambodian army liaison. Though he maintains that the Cambodians' plans are "surprisingly sophisticated," he admits that "if I think their priorities are dumb, I tell them." He is awaiting delivery of a helicopter that will enable aid officials to observe the Cambodian army in action, and the military attachés at the embassy have just acquired a C-47 for a similar purpose...