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...strangest remodeling jobs undertaken by the U.S. Navy. Inside the aging repair ship U.S.S. Vulcan, anchored at Norfolk, Va., aluminum sheeting is being stretched from floor to ceiling to divide the sleeping quarters. Near by, urinals are being ripped out, while extra electrical outlets are being provided for hair dryers...
...walkout by the 235,000-member Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks (B.R.A.C.) stemmed from a dispute by just one local against just one line, the Virginia-based Norfolk & Western Railway, which has been struck by the clerks for more than two months. But other B.R.A.C. locals, raising picket signs in sympathy, tied up operations at 74 lines in 42 states, idling up to 350,000 of the nation's half a million rail workers, stranding thousands of commuters and millions of tons of freight. President Carter stepped in after three days of chaos. Acting under the emergency provisions...
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From the moment he started his six-week odyssey, the main characteristic that impressed him was the pride of the men−pride in themselves and in their ships. To photograph the U.S. Navy for this week's cover story, TIME'S Dirck Halstead traveled from Norfolk, Va., to Pensacola, Fla., San Diego, Calif., Pearl Harbor and be yond. Everywhere he went he found officers and men eager to demonstrate what their ships could...
...tacit wartime "abandonment" of some key allies, including Japan, Norway, Greece and Turkey. Declared Navy Secretary Claytor in a confidential memo to Defense Secretary Brown: A reduced fleet would "concede the Norwegian Sea 9 to the Soviets" and restrict us to "the defense of a sea lane from Norfolk to the English Channel." States Sea Plan 2000, an official Navy analysis of its needs at the end of the century: "Major reduction in carrier levels, the heart of U.S. naval capabilities, will reduce the ability of a President to respond rapidly to crisis ... Should the U.S. draw down its forward...