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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Pacific, in Central Asia, on the Black Sea, and near Murmansk in extreme northwestern Russia recorded the waves clearly. After studying the records, Dr. Troitskaya decided that the final Argus blast on Sept 6, exploded a small fraction of a second from 10 hr. 12 min. 34 sec. p.m. Greenwich mean time. At last week's end this figure was still classified information...
...School, served as a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission and as chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board. He is an old friend of the President-elect's father, Joseph P. Kennedy; he succeeded the elder Kennedy as chairman of the SEC in 1935, later worked for him as a special assistant and co-authored a book with him. Now a member of a New York law firm, he has several clients, e.g., the Skiatron pay-TV system, with cases pending before the regulatory agencies. He said he did not believe his interest...
...Kennedy camp got word of the Puerto Rican bishops' prohibition, they worriedly sought advice from Roman Catholic theologians. The advice: no Roman Catholic prelate in the continental U.S. is likely to issue an open contradiction, but few are likely to agree with the Puerto Rican action. Press Sec retary Pierre Salinger rushed out a statement on Kennedy's behalf: "Senator Kennedy considers it wholly improper and alien to our democratic system for churchmen of any faith to tell the members of their church for whom to vote or for whom not to vote." Thus, once more Candidate Kennedy...
...test run, San Francisco's new Fire Engine 14 surged effortlessly up the steep streets of Nob Hill. On the flat, it accelerated from a cold start to 50 m.p.h. in 45 sec. (v. 60 sec. for older models). The new American-La France Turbo Chief pumper, which was undergoing performance tests in San Francisco last week, got its impressive pep from a gas turbine engine, the first ever used in a fire truck, and the latest of the expanding uses of gas turbines. Although gas turbines first came of age in turboprop planes, they promise to have...
Most businessmen are dead certain that they do not need more laws to handle conflict-of-interest problems. They find impracticable the SEC's proposed requirement of monthly reports. It would mean twelve times more paperwork and be of little value, since executives rarely get in and out of a conflict situation in a month...