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...Andrew E. Gibson, 52, an almost unknown shipping executive and former Government official, who will succeed Sawhill as head of the FEA at year's end. Gibson captained a World War II troop-and cargo-carrying Liberty ship when he was only 22, later became a senior vice president of Grace Lines, head of the U.S. Maritime Administration and an Assistant Secretary of Commerce. He is known as a no-nonsense executive...
...proposition for an America still scarred from its previous involvement in Vietnam, recent actions of President Ford and Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger '50 indicate otherwise. In fact, the Ford administration has already gone to great lengths in Congress to increase aid to Thieu and even threatened renewed troop involvement if necessary "to protect American interests...
...There was astonishment that Nixon announced no troop cut in that particular speech," Ellsberg told the Niemans. "He sure didn't announce escalation--but that's what he was considering. And I think that Chapin gives a hint as to why they decided to postpone that...
...major military powers. To equip his 160,000-man army, 40,000-man air force and 11,500-man navy, the Shah recently contracted for such imposingly modern weapons as 70 U.S. F-4 Phantom jets, 800 British Chieftain tanks and an assortment of destroyers, Hovercraft and troop-transport planes. In a deal that probably saved Long Island's Grumman Aircraft Corp. from bankruptcy, the Shah earlier this year ordered 80 F-14s at a cost of nearly $1.5 billion. By 1980 Iran will have more fighter-bombers (839) than any NATO nation except the U.S. The Shah...
Among a record 2530 competitors, a troop of Harvard oarsmen is again gritting its teeth, eager to bring home more fame and hardware to Newell Boathouse by sundown Sunday. The coaches, heavyweight Harry Parker and lightweight John Higginson '62, had planned to take advantage of their perennial eligibility for the Elites, leading their crews on to victory instead of plodding behind them in one of Harvard's fat red launches. However, Parker developed a back injury late last week and says he is undecided whether or not to row in the elite singles and doubles events...