Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kennedy likes to think of himself as Ray the Shark, Senior Editor Edward Hughes has at times been referred to as Ed the Eagle. A licensed pilot, he is a dedicated weekend flyer. It was Hughes who inspired and helped report our recent story [July 7] on the fad of crossing the Atlantic in small aircraft. Flying as copilot with a professional who was ferrying a twin-engined Piper Aztec from Boston to Geneva, Hughes crossed in three days of which twenty hours were actual flying time. There were stops for fueling in Gander, a haircut in Reykjavik, and golf...
...return, McNamara gave the President a generally optimistic report on the war. Claims that the war was stalemated were "ridiculous," he said. On the pressing question of manpower, he said that requirements could be met without increasing draft calls or extending the one-year tours of duty for men assigned to Viet Nam. "I think some more U.S. military personnel will be required," he said. "I am not sure how many. I am certain of one thing: that we must use more effectively the personnel that are presently there...
...Another poll, conducted by New York's John H. Kraft, Inc., revealed, to no one's astonishment, that members of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. overwhelmingly fa vor the re-election of Lyndon Johnson in 1968. The report, based on inter views with 1,700 unionists, showed the President a 55%-to-22% favorite over Nixon, 46%-to-30% favorite over Romney, and a 60%-to-16% choice over Reagan. There was one surprise, though, and a portent of trouble. A.F.L.-C.I.O. members under the age of 30, more flexible in their political allegiances than their fathers, preferred Romney over...
...energetic Ibos of Eastern Nigeria, led by Lieut. Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, who declared their independence two months ago and proclaimed the Republic of Biafra. Since federal troops attacked the dissidents two weeks ago, both sides have tried to keep foreign observers out of the battle zones, enabling each to report glowing daily accounts of success in the fighting...
...hestiates to report what the church has said to itself, and to the world, because once the words are written they have to be evaluated for performance and future promise...