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Although population and building booms are expected in labor-short Los Alamos as a result of the sale, the town will retain the unique character imposed on it by its atomic industry. On its Los Alamos payroll of 3,700 people -virtually the entire community labor force-the AEC employs 478 Ph.D.s, 316 people with M.S. degrees and 618 with B.S. degrees. This concentration of intellect has pressured Los Alamos schools into keeping pace by adopting advanced curriculums, has placed a premium on educational excellence. Los Alamos children have heredity and environment on their side even before they start school...
...Faculty approves the change, the Gov department would simply give "credit" or "non-credit" for the tutorial or mark it "satisfactory" or "non-satisfactory." If the department must retain year-end grades, however, it will make them a reflection of the thesis, Maass said...
...Representatives is apparently going to allow the 800,000 citizens of the District of Columbia a mayor, a city council, and a non-voting delegate in the House. Victories on procedural votes Monday indicate a home rule bill will pass. But its guts will be gone. Congress will retain the power of the purse, without which "self-government" may turn out a sham...
...this sort of personal control of city operations by men not responsible to the people whose lives they influence that backers of an automatic payment hoped to eliminate. But the opposition was too strong on this point and home rule strategists were forced to compromise. Byrd and Natcher will retain their power. The Capitol, and not the District Building, will continue to be Washington's city hall--and Congress will inevitably continue to spend valuable time on local matters...
Architect I. M. Pei, who will design the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, explained in an interview last week why he wants to retain the option of having commercial buildings near the library...