Word: plight
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Nothing earns so much sympathy these days as the plight of the second-class citizen, and even the Duchess of Windsor, 70, qualifies. The Duchess "has been officially relegated to the position of a second-class wife," complains British Genealogist Philip Thomas in the latest edition of the authoritative Burke's Peerage. The harsh terms of her morganatic marriage to the abdicated King Edward VIII in 1937 were "the most flagrant act of discrimination in the whole history of our dynasty," Thomas fumed, arguing that she ought to be recognized as the "consort of a royal prince" and referred...
...eloquent summary of its "principles, goals and commitments," the newly formed Urban Coalition of 1,200 business, labor, religious, civil rights and local government leaders last week in Washington set forth a bold and comprehensive program to alleviate the desperate plight of U.S. cities. Excerpts...
Luck notwithstanding, it will take an unprecedented combination of power and principle to resolve the plight of America's cities. Last week in Washington, the beginnings of such a partnership were welded at a day long "convocation" of the newly formed Urban Coalition. The group included Henry Ford II, Walter Reuther, David Rockefeller, George Meany, A. Philip Randolph, I. W. Abel, Whitney Young, John Lindsay. The list, 1,200 strong, comprised mayors and millionaires, bishops and union bosses...
Turn Around. By bringing the resources-both monetary and managerial -of the private sector to bear on the plight of the cities, the Urban Coalition answers demands raised by such disparate political figures as New York's Democratic Senator Robert Kennedy and Illinois' Republican Charles Percy, both of whom have urged far greater participation of industry in meeting the cities' needs. As the London Economist noted last week, "If Litton Industries can work out a scheme for economic development in Greece...
...that two Navy A-6 Intruders strayed over China and were brought down by MIGs. They were attacked by Red fighters on their return trip to the carrier Constellation, and to evade pursuit they peeled off to the north. Thunderclouds and a foulup in their navigational instruments complicated their plight. Traveling at about 500 m.p.h., they probably reached China in about ten minutes. Now listed as missing are the four crewmen of the two planes: Lieut. Commander Jimmy Buckley, Lieut. Robert Flynn, Lieut. Commander Dain Scott and Lieut. J. Forrest Trembley...