Word: safes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...also mysteriously appointed Tom Kent, chief of his personal staff and for 21 years his closest political adviser, to a top-level civil service job that will be safe from political upheavals. Last week came an even more telling indication: his three remaining top aides are looking for work...
With the development of a safe and effective vaccine, says the Journal, measles and its complications-particularly encephalitis, with resulting permanent brain damage and "notable mortality"-can be virtually, eliminated: "All that is needed is wide acceptance and diligent use of the vaccine...
Ready for Action. In the weeks before Tet, a curious quiescence had enveloped the battlefield. U.S. troops had not encountered the Viet Cong in force since mid-December. Officials in Saigon launched a pre-Tet propaganda-for-peace campaign that included airdrops of millions of leaflets and safe-conduct passes for Viet Cong defectors, and endless broadcasts of heart-rending ballads ("Oh, what dreams are you making, dreaming of the success of the vicious Communists?"). But Hanoi seemed as deeply committed as ever to its stubborn, bloody gamble for South Viet...
Gone, Overnight. One top sport-fishing hole so far seems safe: Panama's Piñas Bay (TIME, July 10, 1964), where hundreds of marlin and thousands of sailfish were boated last year. Maybe the commercial fishermen were too busy elsewhere. Off Montauk Point, N.Y., where a favorite sport is fishing for sharks, commercial fishermen have practically eliminated the scrappy and tasty porbeagle. The pressure is growing at Maryland's "Jack Spot," the summer home of the tough little (world's record: 161 lbs.) white marlin. Until commercials showed up in the Jack Spot last summer...
...nickname, "Sparky." Last week his one-story studio in Sebastqpol, Calif., caught fire and burned to the ground. There were almost some roasted Peanuts, but Schulz's daughter Meredith raced in and saved a batch of strips he'd drawn for February. Snoopy is-whew!-safe...