Word: plaines
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hands. Jones suggested that there is perhaps no greater congressional need than to strengthen the leaders of each party within Congress and thus pin down responsibility. He cited Woodrow Wilson's dictum that "somebody must be trusted, in order that when things go wrong it may be quite plain who should be punished...
SENATOR GEORGE AIKEN, 80, is a plain-talking, sharp-thinking Vermont Republican who has served in the Senate since 1941 and has definite views on the predicament of Congress. During the Pentagon papers affair, he noted caustically that a long time the Executive Branch has tended to regard Congress as a foreign enemy-to be told as little as possible...
...arms, to file past the mahogany coffin. Explained one mourner from Independence: "This whole town was a friend of Harry's." A wreath of red, white and blue carnations (Truman's favorite flowers) was placed at the casket by President Nixon, who, with Pat, also visited the plain white frame Truman house on Delaware Street. Nixon told Mrs. Truman that the simple ceremonies befitted her husband-"He didn't put on airs." A similar visit was made by Lyndon Johnson, now the only living former President, and Lady Bird. Johnson called Truman "a 20th century giant...
...each case, the officer carries with him the original confirming message, typed on plain bond paper, which he hands to the next of kin. Regulations stipulate that the notification be "error free"-double-checked for accuracy, with no erasures, no smudges. The standard text sent last week to all B-52 next of kin, with minor variations, reads as follows: "It is with deep personal concern that I officially inform you that your son is missing in action in North Viet Nam on Dec. 19. He was a navigator on board a B-52 aircraft that crashed after apparently being...
Xerox, says the complaint, controls 60% of the overall copier market and fully 95% of the business in "plain paper" copiers, which reproduce on stock that does not need to be chemically treated. To redress such dominance, the FTC proposed a series of sweeping measures that might allow other firms to copy Xerox's ubiquitous machines almost as faithfully as the machines copy whatever is put inside them. Xerox, the FTC said, should sell off its controlling interests in British and Japanese copier companies. Also, the Government wants Xerox customers to have the option of buying all Xerox equipment...