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...biggest-selling evening newspaper in the U.S., the New York Post, last week went the way of the Bemidji (Minn.) Pioneer, the Niles (Mich.) Star and the Fairbanks News-Miner−it jumped to 150. Apart from the special-audience Wall Street Journal, the Post thus became the first major daily in the nation to charge that price...
Died. Dr. Heinz Hartmann, 75, Vienna-born pioneer of psychoanalysis; of a heart attack; in Stony Point, N.Y. Hartmann's fame rests on his genius as a teacher and synthesizer rather than a practicing analyst. In numerous works backed by clinical observation (Ego Psychology and the Problem of Adaptation), he refined and expanded many of Sigmund Freud's theories as well as placing them in a historical, biological and philosophical context...
...Boston Museum of Science has granted its $5000 Walker Award to B. Irven DeVore, professor of Anthropology, for his pioneer work in primate behavior and hunting-and-gathering cultures...
Harnessing solar energy is hardly a new accomplishment. Nearly 22 centuries ago, the Greek mathematician Archimedes is said to have temporarily saved Syracuse from Roman conquest by setting the invading fleet aflame with numerous large mirrors. In the 18th century, the pioneer French chemist Lavoisier produced enough heat with 52-inch-wide lenses to power his experiments. Though Lavoisier's work was cut short by the French Revolution (he was guillotined), his history has not discouraged contemporary French scientists-notably Physical Chemist Felix...
...apprentice tool and die maker at 15, went on to become one of the most controversial figures in the U.S. labor movement. Fired by Ford for union activity in 1933, he later worked as an organizer for the fledgling U.A.W., survived severe shotgun wounds in 1948 to pioneer the guaranteed annual wage principle for the automobile industry in 1955. Reuther led the C.I.O. into a historic merger with the A.F.L., but grew so discontented with George Meany's leadership that in 1968 he withdrew his carefully honest union to form a bizarre alliance with the Teamsters. In frustration...