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Some conductors prefer Beethoven, others Wagner. Some like sopranos, others tenors. Conductor Peter Maag's rather specialized preference is for the key of E-flat major. "Tonalities are like colors," he explains. "Have you noticed that when Mozart attacks E-flat he al ways uses clarinets, and when he attacks D-major he always uses oboes? E-flat suggests something very mature and saturated. D-major music is whiter and sharper. E-flat suggests a dark tone, a dark color like dark blue or green...
...government that can unite the country. And in faraway Geneva, Russia, Red China, the U.S. and eleven other nations scrap interminably over a workable arrangement for ending the war. Biggest bone of contention: the withdrawal of foreign troops from Laos, including the 300-man U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG...
...MAAG men fight in the sputtering jungle war of Laos to save what is left of $350 million worth of U.S. aid. So far, 24 U.S. military men and civilians have been killed or are missing, and according to the U.S. embassy in Laos, "a considerable number" have been injured. Among the MAAG men who have survived the perils of duty in Laos is U.S. Army Captain Carl J. Nagle, 33, a tough product of U.S. Special Forces (guerrilla warfare) training. Earlier this month, he and his helicopter crew of three were shot down by Pathet Lao gunfire while...
...fight. Army soreheads grouse that Felt would never use a soldier while there was a marine left in the Pacific. In the Pacific, perhaps the Army's most significant contribution is the fact that it supplies 70% of the Military Assistance Advisory Groups, and all the MAAG commanders...
...need not beware of newspapermen who are out in the open as candidates. Citizens can deal with them directly. How much worse it is for a press overlord to attempt to govern by pulling strings but taking none of the responsibility or the blame!" Added 74-year-old Frederick Maag Jr., publisher of the Democratic Vindicator: "Mr. Jackson is so well-equipped for public service that it would be a shame to deprive him of the right to take part in politics. Of course, I'm not sure what our position might be if Jackson were nominated and became...