Word: press
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Rosemary Wells (Funk & Wagnalls; $3.50). What does a boy do when his parents won't let him have a real pet? He goes looking for a clean, neat animal-and finds a "Rarey." Equally lively is Rosemary Wells' Hungry Fred, with text by Paula Fox (Bradbury Press; $3.95). A mod book with considerable style...
...ENCHANTED DRUM, by Maria Aebersold, illustrated by Walter Grieder (Parents' Magazine Press; $4.50). A small boy with a magic drum finds fantastic adventure at a Swiss carnival. The background and pictures of the children in zany costumes and grotesque masks are sometimes dazzling, sometimes dizzying...
...time, Secretary of State William Rogers posed a scarcely concealed threat to Thieu. Rogers, while still a novice in the nuances of diplomacy, is a canny attorney who is not given to ill-considered statements. "We are not wedded to any government in Saigon," he said in a Washington press conference. He added that "the only principle to which the Administration is wedded is free choice," suggesting that the U.S. could accept any government that resulted from free elections in South Viet Nam; he did not insist that Thieu be included...
...virtual deadlock in the Senate is to go ahead with the basic program while deferring judgment on actual emplacement of the missiles. Massachusetts Republican Edward Brooke began circulating a written proposal to this effect three weeks ago. Last week Republican Whip Hugh Scott said in a press conference that he saw "no objection" coming from the Administration. Equally significant was a recent speech by New Hampshire Democrat Thomas Mclntyre, chairman of the Armed Services subcommittee on research and development. He raised the possibility of concentrating effort for the time being on the Safeguard components that need the most work...
...where scientists, the press and an outraged public erred was in the assumption that the destruction would continue...