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...which includes two married sons and ten grandchildren, since he became President Kennedy's Ambassador to Viet Nam in 1963. "I am not a diplomat. I am a family man, and I miss my family," Lodge explained. Lodge probably would have stayed on if he had seen any sign of movement in the talks. An exponent of the theory that the war will fade away rather than end with a formal settlement, he became convinced that the Communists have no desire to seek an agreement. They are not likely to do so, he thinks, unless the South Vietnamese forces...
...slip the hand of organized crime back into the casino tills. The plan was simple: organize the city's 7,000 plus gambling dealers into a mob-run union. Using the threat of a strike that could cripple the gambling hotels, the gangsters could persuade the owners to sign lucrative contracts for food, liquor and vending machines from firms owned by Cosa Nostra An equally distasteful prospect for casino owners would be that the dealers could become free agents, responsible only to the mobsters. If they cheated the players, or skimmed small amounts for themselves, the dealers could rely...
...Call for Controls. The meeting took place amid increasing signs that businessmen are growing pessimistic about the chances that the Administration's strategies of tight money and budget surplus will actually stop inflation. The latest economic statistics indicate that the policies are indeed slowing the economy. Corporate profits dropped sharply in the third quarter, and industrial production fell in October for the third straight month (see chart). Housing starts fell 12% last month to the lowest level in two years, and new orders for durable goods, which had risen sharply in September, settled back again. The price picture...
...Vietnam Moratorium Committee, which supports the drive, will provide petitions which donors can sign to express their opposition to the Vietnam...
...dean of Engineering and Applied Physics and chairman of the subcommittee, declined yesterday to comment on the recommendations. But they probably suggest, respectively, that Harvard join M.I.T. on the governing board of the Project, and that it not join the governing board but allow individual professors and students to sign contracts with the Project...