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Call to Arms. Absence of such a statute has given rise to a sense of helplessness among officials of the federal Bureau of Mines, the agency directly responsible for mining safety at the federal level. Under present law, the BOM inspectors are supposed to make periodic, unannounced checks of the mines to ensure that safety procedures are being followed. But they lack authority to impose any punitive measures on mine operators who continually violate the law. And despite BOM denial, many miners claim that the mine operators are informed of inspections ahead of time...
However, this snag can be overcome by limiting oneself to those segments of each class that are directly linked to the processes of economic production, i.e., to those groups whose economic interests completely encompass the inner-most, primary level of the working of the American economy. Thus the crucial sub-classes to focus on are the Rich--all senior business executives, the Technostructure-Rich--junior business executives, engineers, technicians and scientists in the big corporations, and the Workers--all the people who work in factories (that's what they still are no matter how civilized the conditions) producing consumer goods...
President-elect Nixon is reportedly considering Henry A. Kissinger, professor of Government, for a top level post in his administration, possibly as his personal advisor on national security affairs...
...supported it, but organized labor has long felt estranged from the city's schools. Until recently, the school board had no labor-oriented representatives. School officials failed to support a United Steelworkers plan to open a community college in Youngstown that would have provided more opportunities for high-level vocational instruction. The main source of friction was a rivalry over who should represent the city's teachers in contract negotiations: the local affiliate of the National Education Association or the growing Youngstown Federation of Teachers, an A.F.L.-C.I.O. unit. The school board consistently favored the N.E.A. group, which...
...example, more than 80% of this year's production had diesel engines, compared with only 55% in 1960. Meanwhile, Ford, General Motors and International Harvester are working on turbine-powered trucks that would be feasible on turnpikes. The turbine consumes fuel completely and quietly, producing a low noise level and nontoxic exhaust. But since its high fuel consumption makes the turbine-truck economical only at full throttle, the rigs would have to drop the trailers at terminals just off the expressway. From those terminals, conventional trucks could haul the goods through stop-and-go local traffic...