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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...matter of the People v. James Earl Ray, the plea of guilty to murder in the first degree might have seemed an opportunity for the state of Tennessee to close forever its voluminous dossier on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Ray admitted that he was the rifleman who had felled King in Memphis with a single soft-nosed .30-'06-caliber bullet. Yet by allowing him to plead guilty and accept a prearranged sentence of 99 years, the prosecution closed the case without a trial. How ever convenient that settlement may have been to both sides...
Heavy Blow. By thus avoiding contact wherever possible, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops have been able to cut their own losses by nearly two-thirds of last year's fearful toll: so far, their dead have numbered about 11,000 (v. nearly 30,000 after two weeks of fighting during the last offensive). Though still a heavy penalty, U.S. officials believe that Hanoi considers it within range of "acceptable" losses...
...door, four-passenger car is designed to beat back the invasion of imports. The Maverick is much lower and wider than the Volkswagen, which Ford executives call "the target car." It is also a bit thirstier-Ford claims about 22 miles per gallon v. the VW's 25 m.p.g. -and nearly two feet longer, measuring 179 in. from its broad nose to its short tail. But the Maverick is also several inches shorter than such "compacts" as Ford's Falcon, which has grown to 184 in. in length and $2,283 in price. Partly because more and more...
...Eclectic Car. In all the planning, the primary goal was to build a car that would list for less than $2,000. To do that-and still allow dealers a reasonable 17% profit (v. the usual 21% to 25% markup)-Ford had to pare the tooling costs. So it built an eclectic car. Maverick owes its front suspension to the Mustang; the steering gear comes straight from the Fairlane; the standard 105-h.p. six-cylinder engine and the rear axle were borrowed from the Falcon. Even so, Maverick's development costs added up to a hefty $71 million...
Genevieve Austin, dean of residence at Radcliffe, said during the South Houses panel that she sees coeducational living as simply another housing alternative. Ann V. Bastian '70, a member of the East House panel, said "The richness of Harvard is in its myriad options. This is just another way of extending the options...