Word: ording
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hundred recruits in an airy classroom at Fort Ord, Calif., sat clustered around six 23-in. television sets, intently jotting down notes. "Nobody sleeps through these classes," marveled Army
Teaching recruits a multitude of martial skills through TV gets into high gear this year, following a two-year study by the Army, which first began experimenting with the tube in 1952. In coming months, Fort Ord will expand its closed-circuit television network so that 30 of a rookie's 60 hours of classroom work during basic training are likely to consist of televised instruction By mid-1968, eleven basic-training installations will muster a total of 60 TV-training channels...
...construction during the present decade will exceed everything built in America since the Revolutionary War. At the same time, more and more Americans are concerned that progress should not destroy America's heritage. From New Hampshire to Hawaii, New Orleans to Kodiak, Alaska, New York City to Ord, Neb., history hawks are fluttering against the wrecker's ball. Often their efforts are too little-but less and less are they too late...
...begins one of the most venture some of recent rock recordings, the Prunes' album-length performance of Mass in F Minor, a new Reprise re lease. Composed by Los Angeles Rec ord Producer David Axelrod, 34, the six-part Mass achieves a surprisingly successful blend of pounding rhythms, a "churchy" organ, raucous improvisations and echoes of medieval plainsong. For the text, Axelrod says he "took just the words I thought were relevant, like 'Lamb of God, grant us peace.' That's awfully hip for the times...
...fastest-last June, O.J. ran the third leg on Southern Cal's sprint relay team that set a world record of 38.6 sec. for 440 yds. But Flanker Jim Lawrence runs the 100 in 9.6 sec. End Earl McCullouch is a co-holder of the world rec ord (13.2 sec.) for the 110-meter-high hurdles. And Fullback Mike Hull, at 230 Ibs. the heavyweight of the U.S.C. backfield, has been clocked at 5.6 sec. for 50 yds. in full football gear...