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They were photographed Wednesday morning and gawked at by the curious or uneducated who were at Logan at 6 a.m. just to catch the shuttle flight. The faithful began to stir while the sun rose over East Boston. Some were talking proudly about how many hours they had flown the friendly floors of United...
...there were no attempts on the lives of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, who were not well-liked as Presidents and came to arouse venomous passions in large parts of the population. Chicago Psychiatrist David Rothstein thinks that perhaps likable Presidents may be more vulnerable to attack, since they stir up the greatest hopes and thus the greatest potential for disillusionment in the minds of the deranged...
...York City is assured of being able to pay its bills until December, but the possibly dire effects of an eventual default continue to stir up worry all over the country. Last week a federal study indicated that about 100 of the nation's 15,048 banks had invested sums equal to 50% or more of their capital in New York City bonds and other obligations and thus would be in serious trouble if a default caused the value of those securities to plunge. The banks would probably not be wiped out: Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns has pledged...
...Stirred Passions. Of course many of the more than 125 items already on the assembly's agenda will stir some passions. Late last week, the General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to request the Security Council to reconsider North and South Viet Nam's applications for U.N. membership-vetoed last summer by the U.S., which has opposed admitting Saigon and Hanoi unless South Korea is also admitted. On the agenda are also the status of the U.N. Command in South Korea and the Cyprus issue -potentially controversial items. But the main focus of the session will be the proper relationship...
...contest is billed as the "King of Capitol Hill," a sexist appellation that was sure to stir up interest from feminist Congresswoman Bella Abzug. While congressional Republicans and Democrats spent part of their week preparing to square off in the half-mile bike race, the 60-yd. dash and other events-all to raise money for the retarded children's Special Olympics-Representative Abzug jumped into some sweat pants and sized up the volleyball competition. Her spirits may have been high, but some opponents doubted whether she would be able to reach those low returns. "My serve," confessed...