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...with rumors of other changes at Ford. Few were surprised last month when ex-President Arjay Miller, who had been moved sidewise to make way for Knudsen, announced plans to move west to head Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. Now a second exit has caught the motor city off guard. Last week Ford announced the resignation of one of the industry's brightest executives: Donald N. Frey, 45, a prime mover of one of history's most successful cars, the Mustang...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: In Quest of a Company That Needs Better Ideas | 8/16/1968 | See Source »

...General Motors, first of the Big Three in annual sales, ranked last in terms of profits gained. Whereas Chrysler Corp. reported a 75% jump, G.M. managed only a 4% gain. Ford Motor Co.'s net went up 28% ($187 million v. $146 million) on improved sales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Earnings: Remarkably Handsome | 8/9/1968 | See Source »

...before they could call for the unreeling of the satellite's four main antennas. First they had to nudge the 417-Ib. satellite into a circular, near-polar orbit about 3,640 miles above the earth with precisely timed bursts of a small rocket called an apogee-kick motor. Tho operation evened out the varying gravitational tugs of the original elliptical orbit, which would have bent and distorted the antennas. Next, RAE-A's masters had to stop its 92-r.p.m. spin, which would have wrapped the antennas uselessly around the exterior of the satellite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio Astronomy: Daddy Longlegs in the Sky | 7/19/1968 | See Source »

...little hope of success. One by one, he demolished their arguments. The Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination would not be violated by disciplinary hearings, he said. There was no requirement to say anything at the hearings. Nor should the hearings be delayed until after any criminal proceedings. "A motor-vehicles commissioner, authorized to suspend a driver's license for speeding, need not wait for the months or years of a negligent homicide prosecution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Decisions: Correcting Students in Court | 7/19/1968 | See Source »

Several reasons are cited for the dilemma. One is cost, for although the original Rolls-Royce price of the basic machine has dropped to motor-scooter range, the expense of maintenance is still skyhigh. Another is under-utilization of machines already in existence. Still another is medical disagreement as to how much skilled professional help is needed to operate the equipment safely. Some say that only a doctor can do it, some would leave much of it to a nurse, while others maintain that the patient can do it himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Therapy: Healing by Tinkering | 7/12/1968 | See Source »

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