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Died. Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss, 77, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission from 1953-58; of cancer; in Brandy Station, Va. A banker and naval-reserve officer who became right-hand man to James V. Forrestal, a Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt, Strauss was appointed to the AEC in 1946. During a dispute in the scientific community, Strauss backed the development of the hydrogen bomb when it was opposed by J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the Abomb. Strauss prevailed, and in dramatic loyalty hearings in 1954, Oppenheimer lost his security clearance. When President Eisenhower nominated Strauss...
...listen to a tape of the opera for 20 minutes or so to see what's left in my head." What's left is usually plenty, although last September she had to skip a night's sleep to do the taxing lead role in Strauss's Elektra in Berlin on 17 hours' notice. Those days would seem to be over for Klara Barlow...
...Atlanta, a decorator showing drapery samples cautions: "Don't choose anything with cotton-it's sky-high." In Bar Harbor, Me., a manufacturer of sea bags says that he is going out of business because he cannot get any more duck cloth. In San Francisco, Levi Strauss & Co. has begun informally to ration jeans and other denim goods to clothing stores. Women's Wear Daily predicts that manufacturers of cotton denim will not be able to accept new customers for "at least a couple of years...
Ability to Govern. "Watergate is one narrow issue," declared Robert Strauss, Democratic National Party Chairman. "I think people are more disturbed about leadership, about the ability to govern. There was some fallout from Watergate, but it isn't a panacea. I don't see any national significance...
...only after long waits for delivery. The McDonough Power Equipment Co., which makes lawnmowers and garden equipment, fears that the new plant it will open next spring will not be able to operate at capacity because it will not be able to get enough steel. In San Francisco, Levi Strauss & Co. is having to ration blue jeans to stores because of a scarcity of denim. In Los Angeles, American Chemical Corp. is having trouble getting enough raw materials to make plastic steering wheels, garden hoses and bottles. Capitol Records is trying to eke out supplies of vinyl by recycling...