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...overnight, the battlefield situation in Indochina has quickened to the point where the Administration is reminding people that there is still a war going on. In Saigon last week, Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker flatly warned a group of businessmen to expect "heavy fighting before long." In Washington, Defense Secretary Melvin Laird recently said that the Communists have "advertised an offensive as they have advertised no other offensive in Viet Nam." The White House has been encouraging such forecasts of trouble, for obvious reasons. Richard Nixon is taking no chances that the U.S. public will be surprised by a bloody flare...
...soared. Geologists concluded that the find was probably part of a pool extending southward to North Carolina, and oilmen accelerated the Atlantic search. Most promising sites so far: Georges Bank Trough off Massachusetts, Baltimore Canyon Trough off the Middle Atlantic states and Blake Plateau off Florida. As Geologist Wilson Laird, the consortium's spokesman, told TIME Correspondent Christopher Byron: "We won't know if there is a single drop of oil until we actually drill for it. But based on the topographical configurations that we have found and the nature of the sediments, we are extremely optimistic...
...jeans and baggy sweaters. More important, the Hope show clips along on brisk one-liners spiced with patriotic flourishes. The F.T.A. loosely mixes readings, songs and satirical skits to underline such inflammatory assertions as Jane's: "We must oppose with everything we have those blue-eyed murderers-Nixon, Laird and all the rest of those ethnocentric American white male chauvinists...
...months at the Pentagon, Packard handled most of the management while Laird, a former U.S. Representative, concentrated on the political angles. As former boss of one of the biggest U.S. defense contractors, Packard was in a good position to make quick and usually accurate judgments on Pentagon procurement policies. Under his scrutiny, development of the B-l strategic bomber and the F-15 fighter has proceeded with unusually few fumbles...
...Aircraft with Government funds. In recent months, Packard has privately expressed irritation at taking orders from White House aides. But he did not resign out of any hard feelings. He exchanged letters of lavish praise with the President. He plans to stay for a while in Washington to advise Laird, who is looking for a replacement for him. Two replacements, in fact. Considering the burden of the job, the White House is asking Congress to approve a second Deputy Secretary of Defense who can share all those problems in search of solutions...