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...documents filed with the SEC, which weighed half a ton, provided the first detailed look at how A T & T thinks the eight new companies will fare after the New Year's Day breakup. The most carefully studied report was a 267-page information statement and prospectus that will be sent to every A T & T shareholder during the next few weeks; printing and distributing that document alone cost $3.9 million. In the study, A T & T projected that its new slimmed-down company, which includes long-distance service, Western Electric and the Bell Laboratories, would show revenues...
Contrary to what President Derek Bok asserts, the Nuclear Free Cambridge Act would not limit arms control research. Nor would it limit any other research except that directed towards development of nuclear weapons. This is clearly stated in Sec. 6 "exclusions". "Nothing in this act shall be construed to prohibit or regulate the following... 3) basic research, the primary purpose of which is not to work towards the development of nuclear weapons...
...which will work with 17 national antinuclear groups to set up seminars in more than 100 cities around the country for two days following the film's air date. Ground Zero will mail out 100,000 viewing guides. The Center for Defense Information is considering producing a 60-sec. commercial, narrated by Paul Newman, offering "a nuclear war-prevention kit." "I plan to send in for one of those kits," writes Conservative Columnist William F. Buckley Jr., "and if Mr. Newman doesn't send me an MX missile, I'm going to report him to the Postal...
...this heat and dust have made advertisers, already shy of buying time on such a dubiously commercial program as The Day After, almost paralyzed with reluctance. By some accounts, the network has lined up four or five sponsors; by others, it has sold only half the 25 available 30-sec. commercial spots. "I couldn't confirm half, but I know it's a good portion," comments Jeff Tolvin, ABC's director of business information, with gingerly care. The network is charging a hefty $135,000 a spot-a price that could dip as show time approaches...
When Australia II finally crossed the invisible line between the marker buoy and the committee boat, she was 41 sec. ahead. The spectator fleet exploded with excitement. Rubber dinghies, day sailers, party boats and ocean racers swarmed around the Down Under wonder in a cacophony of blaring horns and Klaxons. Ashore, bands of Australians waltzing Matilda and waving Aussie flags passed legions of local patriots God-blessing America and brandishing the Stars and Stripes. Despite a few ugly incidents, there was remarkably little ill will among the crowd of 10,000 on the Newport waterfront. As Australia II was guided...