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...Southeast Asia hand who learned about the problems of working with Asian troops when he trained a Chinese unit to fight in Burma under General Joseph Stilwell. Says Frankie: "He never knew whether they would follow him into battle when he gave the order." Her mother, former U.N. Delegate Marietta Tree, contributed some nuggets of worldly observation: "Never mistake a politician. Anyone who has been elected dog catcher thinks he can be President...
...Negro slaves. His son Charles was at Harvard, studying law and observing with righteous outrage the schemings of abolitionists and other anarchists. His other son, Joseph, was in Philadelphia studying medicine. Jones' brothers, sisters, cousins, and their swarming children, lived on other coastal plantations or in Marietta and Savannah. They were loyal, often loving. They bustled with industry, yet had spacious leisure. They had, of course, no telephones. So they wrote letters...
Fell Swoop. Individuals are also free to sue, of course, but uncertainties about the various legal recourses, fear of lawyers' fees and the hostility of employers have scarcely encouraged women to fight for their rights. One who did was Mrs. Ida Phillips, who sued the Martin Marietta Corp, in Orlando, Fla.. and got the Supreme Court to rule that a woman cannot summarily be barred from employment just because she has preschool children. Another was Mrs. Sally Reed, who challenged an Idaho law giving preference to men as administrators of estates...
STEVE J. VEKICH Marietta, Ohio...
...alpha state a sleep-deprived person may become effective again. Defense Department researchers are said to be toying with the idea that captured U.S. intelligence agents trained to turn on alpha could foul up enemy lie detectors and keep military secrets. In industry, major companies like Xerox and Martin Marietta are investigating biofeedback training to spur creative thinking and reduce executive tension; some are already experimenting with one of the dozen brands of portable brain-wave trainers now available for $300 or less...