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...Saigon but offer no alternative to the Communist tyranny that would surely succeed it. The Vietniks so far have hogged most of the headlines with draft-card burnings, teach-ins and frenetic statements in support of the Viet Cong "revolution." Last week some 22,000 of the older, quieter protesters, from 140 groups, came to Washington to publicize their views on Viet...
...look. "Arab revolutionaries cannot fail to note the current reactionary tide in the Middle East," said the chief party newspaper in Damascus last week. However the hot heads in Syria might feel, the rest of the Middle East was plainly looking forward to the welcome touch of cooler, quieter political weather...
...that extent, Sinyavsky's jail may be quieter, if not worse, than hell...
Please Acknowledge. During the next pass over the U.S., the astronauts were ordered to cut off one of the two fuel cells, in the hope that the maneuver might help the ailing system. The fourth revolution was even quieter than the third. The astronauts were instructed: "If you have had a significant pressure rise, please turn your transmitter up and acknowledge." There was no acknowledgement. The pressure had leveled out at 71 Ibs. The sixth revolution was coming up fast, and a decision had to be made soon. If recovery were delayed even one revolution longer, Gemini would...
Further away from production (perhaps seven years) but potentially more important is Chevrolet's prototype of a turbine-powered truck, the Turbo Titan III. Its engine is lighter, quieter and longer-lasting (350,000 miles v. 250,000) than conventional diesels, but fuel bills are costlier. Among its many innovations: "dial steering" by which a driver guides his truck with two small wheels mounted on a panel in front of him, similar to the "wrist-twist" system now being tested by Mercury. Chrysler Corp. is field-testing turbine cars but is undecided whether to market them...