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...Senate has passed the Administration's bill to help state and local governments develop mass-transportation facilities. It has also approved a Kennedy bill to set up a Youth Conservation Corps, plus a "home town" youth employment program. In the House, however, both measures seem likely to linger in the Rules Committee, headed by Virginia Democrat Howard W. Smith. The Senate also passed the Administration's area redevelopment bill, but the House voted it down...
...party is over, but melodies linger on. From our readers, we have been receiving comments on our 40th anniversary cover story of Lincoln. Lamont M. Jensen of Salt Lake City, who thinks it should be required reading for every Ph.D. candidate, asks, "Who is the individual (singular or plural) directly responsible for writing the article on the individual in America?" Reader Jensen's question is happily phrased, for the responsibility as usual is both singular and plural. The story was written by Henry Grunwald, and edited by Champ Clark. They had the help of three researchers, Margaret Quimby, Martha...
Expensive Lingering. Eight hours by train from Paris and three from Geneva, therefore the most accessible of Switzerland's three top ski resorts, Gstaad prides itself on its "family-like ambiance." The village's popularity may be measured in part by the declining number of hotel rooms; like a horde of men who came to dinner, winter vacationers tend to linger on forever, end up plunking down an average $70,000 for a plot of land and another $50,000 for a chalet to build on it. To some, a year-round retreat there is worth even more...
Jewish Flavor. But the Forward's problems are not the sort that can be solved, and many of the old ways linger on. Editorial staffers are of an even riper age than Forward readers, whose average age is 50. As in the old days, reporters are still appointed for life; Editor Lazar Fogelman, who has been with the paper since 1927, is 71; Business Manager Adolph Held is 77; Literary Critic Harry Rogoff is 80. In a period of instant cookery, the Forward instructs its readership on the fermentation of wine. Space is still reserved for humor...
Only a few leaves linger in trees in the Yard and along the Charles now, as the reds and yellows of New England autumn disappear from view. November, month of the lengthening shadows, is upon...