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...largely as a result of declining military demand. In small communities such as Port Clinton, Ohio (pop. 7,000), which stands to lose 2,000 jobs when the Erie Army Depot closes next year, such shifts can be ruinous. The committee therefore urged continued research and government help to soften the impact of changing military technology. This, rather than any likelihood of widespread unemployment as a result of disarmament, is the Administration's principal cutback worry...
Give In or Go. OAS diplomats called it a settlement. In reality, it was an imposed truce, coming after four months of agonizing negotiations that were often blocked by Caamaño, and more recently by Imbert. To soften up Imbert-and Caamaño-the U.S. and OAS applied stiff diplomatic pressures, then cut off the money they needed to pay their troops and civil servants. Other pressure came from Navy Commodore Francisco Rivera Caminero, leader of the armed forces, who warned Imbert to give in or be forced out. Even then, Imbert kept insisting that the proposed settlement...
...industries "almost daily," Abel refused to scale down his demands. One of Abel's major goals was to win retirement on full pension after 30 years of work, reflecting a nationwide trend among unions to emphasize such fringe benefits as earlier retirement and longer vacations-mostly designed to soften the blow of automation by spreading the work thinner. That was the idea behind the U.S.W.'s pioneering 13-week vacation plan adopted in 1963. In the current shipping strike, the Masters, Mates and Pilots Union is interested almost exclusively in guaranteed vacations and pensions. Black Eyes...
...other abolished poll taxes in federal elections. Last month, Congress sent to the states for ratification what is potentially the 25th Amendment, dealing with presidential disability and succession. Last week the Senate debated an other proposed amendment that has wide support. Sponsored by Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, it would soften the Supreme Court's one-man, one-vote ruling as applied to state legislatures...
Wyler gets results by demanding them-over and over and over again. Actors assigned to him describe the experience as "living in the torture chamber." Greer Garson tried to soften him up in advance by sending him a pair of velvet gloves. Bette Davis got so mad she walked off the set for a week. Olivia de Havilland all but heaved a suitcase at Wyler after he ordered the umpteenth take of the same scene; yet all these films were hits. "I've resisted the temptation of being a good fellow," says Wyler, 62. "I don't care...