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...Ph.D. dissertations to work his way through Harvard, got his doctorate in American history. In World War II, Franklin applied for clerical work in the Navy. The reply: "You have even better qualifications than we are asking for in all respects but one-the color of your skin." The turndown hurt, but it gave Franklin time to become an expert on Negro and Civil War history. He taught for nine years at Howard, helped write the N.A.A.C.P.'s 1954 Supreme Court brief against school segregation, and in 1956 took over at Brooklyn. "I haven't really...
Occasion for the latest turndown was last month's visit to the Pentagon by General Gaston Lavaud, chief of procurement for the French Defense Ministry. He brought with him a reply to repeated Washington appeals that NATO nations do more of their military purchasing from American firms to help the U.S.'s gold drain. "You need dollars. Here is what will get you dollars,'' said Lavaud, handing U.S. officers a list of things that France would like to buy. It included equipment for a gaseous diffusion plant to make enriched uranium, plans for nuclear submarines, propulsion...
Hearing of Rowan's turndown, U.S. Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith, undergoing treatment for sinus at the U.S. Naval Hospital at Bethesda, Md., promptly phoned the White House, then sent a letter of resignation to the club; Galbraith thereby voided the application of President John Kennedy, whom he had sponsored. Also quitting were Swing, Civil War Historian Bruce Catton, Assistant Secretary of State Harlan Cleveland, Author James P. Warburg and ABC News Analyst Howard K. Smith...
While sales of all auto companies are falling behind because of the business turndown, Chrysler leads them down with a hefty 39% drop in mid-January under last year. What is worse, the models hardest hit are the very ones that were counted on for the best sales-Dodge Dart, Plymouth and Valiant. The Dart, a big reason for Chrysler's good year in 1960, is selling poorly this year. The new Lancer compact, sold by Dodge dealers, has not caught...
...TURNDOWN OF CASTRO by Piper Aircraft will deprive Cuba of 25 Piper Pawnee crop-dusting planes it sought to buy for $10,000 each. Reason: the planes would be used on plantations seized illegally from U.S. and Cuban owners...