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...airlines will soon enter a period of change that will be almost as pronounced as the arrival of the jet age. Late this year, they will begin to fly the huge Boeing 747 jets, which are faster, quieter, bigger and potentially much more profitable than the 707s and DC-8s. In the first test flight last week, a 747 cruised for more than one hour and then made a smooth landing near Boeing's Everett, Wash., plant. "This plane is ridiculously easy to fly," said Test Pilot Jack Waddell. "It's a pilot's dream...
...nation. It was summed up best by the New York Post's Max Lerner: "Mainly, it fitted in with the mood of the people-far better than most wishful Democrats would agree. What they want most, after all the confrontations and anger and hate, is a quieter breathing spell in which America can catch up with the gains registered on its statute-books and its conscience...
...white relations are not improving. In comparison with today, 1960 looks like the era of good feeling. Since 1964, each year has seen black riots in the ghettos-although there is a feeling, if nothing more, that the worst phase of the riots is over; 1968, for instance, was quieter than 1967. Since the time when blacks and whites marched together on Washington in 1963, the dream of integration has seemed increasingly less relevant. Black students on many campuses now want their own segregated dormitories; the rhetoric of black militants has grown increasingly virulent, as last fall...
Brokers now sense that investors are shifting their preferences from speculative stocks to those with more fundamental values. Kenneth Ward, senior vice president of Hayden Stone, expects a rising interest in steel, chemical, airline and utility stocks, which should do better than high flyers in a quieter economic climate. "For the short term, the speculative boom is over," says Research Director Walter Stern of Burnham & Co. "Too many people have been buying too many stocks for the wrong reasons. There has been a race for instant profit based on tips and stories of impending deals. The bubble has to burst...
...have reached the same conclusion. Killings continue, but when possible they take place with a "less violent" weapon. In one episode of NBC's The Outsider, the script called for the hero to be threatened with a shotgun; the censor suggested a meat cleaver be substituted, apparently figuring quieter weapons are less violent...