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...complaint in his farewell press conference. "I think a good many people have tended to use the space program as a whipping boy," he said. "I thought that we had reached parity with the Russians about two and a half years ago." But the Soviets are proceeding "without letup" while the U.S. effort will have shrunk by mid-1969 to half what it was in the middle 1960s. As a result, Webb predicted, the Russians "will be flying more flights and developing a capability in space at a much more rapid rate than we will for the next several years...
...Secret Deals. In the eyes of ordinary Czechoslovaks, Tito's visit put seal and confirmation on the reality of their triumph at Cierna in defense of their new freedoms. Until he arrived, many Czechoslovaks had found the sudden letup in Soviet pressure almost too good to be believed. Young Czechoslovaks milled around Prague's Jan Hus monument, puzzling over what had happened. The nagging suspicion lingered that their leaders had undertaken a secret sellout to the Soviets that only later would become apparent. Those fears were reinforced by the fact that Dubček and his colleagues purposefully...
Even some Catholics criticize CEF's hard-sell tactics on the ground that they could end up by making more enemies than friends for the parochial school cause. Nevertheless, the organization plans no letup in its crusade for what it terms "the right of parents to educate their children as they see fit." Says National President Paul Mecklenborg of Cincinnati, a Catholic accountant: "Our main concern is the equal distribution of the tax dollar, no matter where the child goes, as long as the school is accredited." Insists James Pie, a CEF Catholic spokesman in Pennsylvania: "The more...
...predicting the imminent collapse of Ho Chi Minh's regime, the North is obviously under severe strain. In the nearly three years since the bombings began, Honey says, there has been a marked erosion of morale among the North Vietnamese. "The people can see no letup as long as the bombing continues," he argues. "There are doubts about the prospects of defeating so great a power as the U.S. The bombing has brought this home. Some 500,000 North Vietnamese have been tied up rebuilding roads and bridges and keeping communications lines open. Another 200,000 are manning antiaircraft...
...mercury plunged as low as -20 in suburban areas last night. Some letup is forecast for today, but more snow is expected Wednesday...