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...takes place in a penumbral pile of Victorian architecture somewhere in a London suburb. In her darkened bedroom lies Mother, mortally ill, the heart and guiding hand of seven boys and girls ranging in age from three to 16. The film begins at "Mothertime," the family's daily sunset gathering around her big brass bed for Bible reading and counseling. As the children arrive, Mother dies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Mothertime | 10/6/1967 | See Source »

...well on its way toward an ultimate 100,000. So far, the place has attracted only two plants and 1,200 inhabitants; lack of sales halted home building two years ago at the 12,000-acre site 25 miles northeast of Sac ramento, Calif. Now "For Sale" signs dot Sunset's vacant lots-also some of its occupied homes spotted here and there amid the expanse of thistles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Real Estate: Thistles in the New Towns | 9/29/1967 | See Source »

Despite a $25 million investment, Sunset has flopped-leaving Sunasco, the Los Angeles-based oil-finance-realty company that started the project, with a continuing debt of $1,500,000 a year. "We can't do anything with it," admits Sunasco President Bruce Rozet. "We can't even find a buyer to take it off our hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Real Estate: Thistles in the New Towns | 9/29/1967 | See Source »

...artillery. "We usually get a few rounds in the early morning as a sort of reveille," says Gio Linh Camp Commander Major Richard Froncek. "Then we will get a few rounds at noon and then more at sunset." The North Vietnamese seldom shell at night, presumably because they do not want to give away their positions with muzzle flashes. Much of the life of the 480 men manning Gio Linh is lived below ground in heavily sandbagged bunkers supported by thick wooden beams that can take all but a direct hit. In summer, when the temperature reaches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: The Bitterest Battlefield | 9/22/1967 | See Source »

...leaves his group to go off somewhere on a trip, one of those trips that his single status lets him enjoy. It can occur in front of a castle, on the quiet deck of a boat going up the Rhine, or on any overlook anywhere, looking at a sunset. Faced with such a sight, the natural tendency is to want to turn to someone to say, 'Isn't that beautiful!' and to enjoy it together. And when you turn, there isn't anyone there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE PLEASURES & PAIN OF THE SINGLE LIFE | 9/15/1967 | See Source »

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