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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dirge reflects not only the declining impact of religion generally but some hard demographic facts. Largely because of farm mechanization, England's rural population has dwindled by 75% in the past half-century; in some isolated pockets of Sussex and East Anglia, it has fallen to 2% of the pre-World War I level. But while the people have gone, their churches remain. Near the village of Tetford, for example, there are seven miniature churches, most of them nearly 200 years old, that were built by the old town gentry in a kind of keeping-up-with-Squire-Jones...
Married. John Lennon, 28, brainiest Beatle; and Yoko Ono, 36, Japanese sculptress and his steady companion for the past year; he for the second time, she for the third; in Gibraltar...
...during manufacture, human error is almost always involved. Auto executives privately complain that today's assembly-line workers, who earn $5.50 an hour in wages and fringe benefits, tend to take less pride in their jobs than their elders. American Motors had to recall 750 cars over the past year because workers carelessly installed the wrong alternators, which did not generate enough current to keep the batteries fully charged under heavy loads. To overcome lax workmanship on the production line, G.M.'s Buick Division not long ago outfitted torque wrenches with horns that sound off whenever workers fail...
...most urgent mail mature in his in-box for as much as three months. After aging, he finds, "80% of it doesn't need to be answered." When it does, the reply is sometimes delivered verbally over the phone by a secretary. In the past, it has not paid to call back. Riklis confesses that he was in his office only 37 days last year, even though he "works all the time." Now that he is settling down to more management and fewer mergers, he may be a bit more available...
Wood prices have been highly volatile during the past year. The cost of plywood has risen by 77%. Douglas fir lumber, used mostly in housing, has doubled in price in many localities. Housing's surprising winter strength has only heightened the price pressure. Last week the Commerce Department reported that new housing starts reached an annual rate of 1,700,000 in February, well above last year's total...