Word: millers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...WARD S. MILLER...
Like any automatic weapon, the M-16 requires assiduous cleaning and care to keep it from jamming. But not as much as the .30-caliber M-14. "I could troubleshoot an M-16 much faster than I could an M-14," says Lieut. Colonel Henry Miller, chief of Army heavy maintenance in Saigon. Many Marines in the battle above Khe Sanh had been issued their M-16s only a few days before the fight, and were probably unfamiliar with the weapon's demands: constant lubrication, thorough wire-brush reaming of the barrel to prevent leading, "fire discipline" that limits...
...some extent, the taxpayer rebellion reflects a growing concern by parents, especially in urban areas, about the declining quality of public school education. Says Dr. Paul Miller, Cincinnati school superintendent: "People say that Johnny can't read anymore, or Mary can't spell, or kids aren't being taught arithmetic." Voting against bigger school budgets also represents one of the few direct ways that citizens can express their anger at a seemingly endless spiral of rising taxes. Basically, says Calvin Rossi, legislative representative of the California Teachers' Association, the voters "are not saying...
...around: parents generally see the need for new schools when their children start attending overcrowded classes on a shift schedule. But many educators admit that local communities can no longer be counted upon as the primary source of support for public schools. "We need help," says Cincinnati's Miller. "If citizens on the local level refuse to support schools, the state or federal governments will have to step...
...risk" companies. Since 1960, more than 75 high-risk firms have gone into bankruptcy, leaving 300,000 claimants holding the bag for at least $100 million-and giving the whole industry a bad name. In California, where 950-ODD companies now write auto-insurance policies, Deputy Insurance Commissioner Harry Miller says: "If we could just cut that to 900, and pick the 50 we'd get rid of, we could cut out 95% of our complaints...