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President Nixon's science adviser, Lee A. DuBridge, apparently favors just the opposite emphasis. At his press debut late last month, he noted that "many responsible engineers and scientists are collaborating effectively and earnestly and patriotically with the government in connection with defense problems," but he also urged scientists to work much more closely with the Defense Department in the future...
...Instead of merely concerning himself with the problem of how to build more and better roads he must now weigh the needs of airlines, railroads, urban populations, and a vast range of national problems in making transportation decisions. It was encouraging to hear Mr. Volpe say, in his first press conference as Secretary of Transportation, that "highways alone won't do the job. In practically any major metropolitan center you are going to have to think in terms of rapid transit...
...group will meet at the apartment building on Rutland St. at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning. "We'll help clean up for a few hours in order to understand what the tenants want, and then hold a press conference," Hanify said...
...first luncheon in the White House State Dining Room since the Inauguration, and it was in honor of the ladies of the press. Pat Nixon had arranged the room with small tables seating ten each; centerpieces were Jackie Kennedy's vermeil baskets spilling out fresh garden flowers; the china was Lady Bird's eagle and state-flowers design. And just as the guests prepared to nibble their way through delicate chicken crepes and hearts-of-palm salad, who should show up but the President himself. "Just in time to cool our luncheon," quipped Pat, as her husband showed...
...myriad imitators of television's Meet The Press were to be given a generic name, they might well be called Spivaks (after Lawrence, the host, of course). This year yet another species of the genus Spivak - the Novak, it might be labeled - was launched on 15 Metromedia TV and radio stations and eight public-TV channels. Titled The Evans-Novak Report, the program is run by a regular two-man press panel, Columnists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak. Unlike most of the other spin-offs from Meet The Press, it does offer at least one new wrinkle: during...