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In a state that counts tourism as its No. 1 business, it seemed only good politics when Florida's popular Governor Haydon Burns proposed a $300 million road-widening program last spring. Democrat Burns, 53, a former mayor of Jacksonville whose snappy dress and smooth talk have earned him...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Florida: Detour to Tallahassee? | 12/3/1965 | See Source »

The decision to send in more troops did not reflect any change of policy in Washington. On the contrary. Secretary of State Dean Rusk reiterated last week that the U.S. is simply "getting on with our commitment here-keeping open the possibilities of peace if the other side decides to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: Deeper & Wider | 11/19/1965 | See Source »

Such changes have moved the rejuvenated paper out of a dead heat with the rival Herald-Traveler only two years ago into a widening 58,000 circulation lead (374,000 v. 316,000). Says Winship: "I'm trying to make the paper damn courageous and really not afraid of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reporting: Make It Deadpan, Make It Factual | 10/29/1965 | See Source »

Widening Gap. Despite a three-year campaign to improve the quality of exports, the regime admits that only 10% of East Germany's production is as good as Western output. Partly because the Scandinavians and some other West ern buyers have complained that East German products fall apart after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East Germany: Progress in Purgatory | 10/15/1965 | See Source »

Mating the vehicle to the needs of man has been a challenge for a good many centuries. Around 700 B.C., Assyrian King Sennacherib undertook to keep chariots from parking along a main highway. ROYAL ROAD, LET NO MAN DECREASE IT, said the no-parking sign, and any man who decreased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: ODE TO THE ROAD | 9/10/1965 | See Source »

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