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Both the "mutual annihilation" vision and the automatic-deterrence strategy come under tough-minded bombardment in a newly published book, On Thermonuclear War (Princeton University; $10), which already is the talk of military thinkers across the U.S. Author: Herman Kahn, 38, senior staff physicist of the RAND Corp., the Air Force "think factory" headquartered in Santa Monica, Calif. One result of the idea that nuclear war is "unthinkable" is that too few men think about it in a serious way. But Kahn, consultant for the Atomic Energy Commission and the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, has spent much...
...would warn approaching planes, as in the New York crash. One possibility: Bendix Corp. has developed a collision-avoidance system that bounces signals both off neighboring aircraft and off the ground to determine an approaching aircraft's course, tells the pilot what evasive action to take. The Sperry Rand Corp. is developing a system that uses high-frequency radio-wave techniques to detect the proximity of another aircraft; Motorola, Inc. is working on an infra-red detection device that picks up the red running lights on other planes, warns the pilot of their nearness...
...last fall after the company created the impression in a press release that it had a franchise on a machine able to transmit writing over telephone wires. The SEC set the record straight (TelAutograph had the machine, but not the only one of its kind). Three weeks ago Sperry Rand Corp. privately showed a group of stock analysts a new product for a computer, although the official announcement was one week off. The company also sent out hold-for-release stories to the press. Within two days, predictably, Sperry stock shot up 4 3/8 points. The New York Stock Exchange...
...Advocate last Monday named A. Melnick '62, of Quincy House and , its President. Elected head of the literary board, was Richard A. Rand '63, of Eliot House and Barbara, Cal.; Business Manager, Urrutia '63, of Quincy House and , Colombia; Treasurer, John S. '62, of Winthrop House and and Secretary, Michael P. Cain '63, Adams House and Kingston...
Ridley Watts '23 has been named general chairman of the Program. Much of the $21,627,838 already in hand or in sight--including the $7.5 million cost of the library--was provided through the Harvard Medical Center Fund, under the chairmanship of William M. Rand...