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...going to a foreign country," reported at week's end: "The city is full of families and people having fun. I'd just love to stay for a whole month." Texas Delegate Glen Maxey, 24, and a friend, about to be turned away from the posh, 65th-floor Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center because they were coatless and tieless, reminded the headwaiter that "your mayor told us we could go anywhere we wanted." The headwaiter smiled and, wonder of wonders, escorted them to a window table...
Rather than squelch the rumors, Kennedy fueled them by criticizing Carter for being "indefinite and imprecise" on the issues. Kennedy fears that Carter would not work for social and economic programs favored by liberals. Further, at Humphrey's 65th birthday celebration in Minneapolis last week, Kennedy joked about his political ambitions but did not deny them. In fact, he has not changed his mind about not wanting the nomination this year. Said a top Democrat: "He told me that he was just doing what he's doing to help Hubert, and I have no reason to doubt that...
...drafted a letter, addressed to all Lockheed employees, announcing their resignation. It referred to "the cascading waves of criticism and outright attack that Lockheed and its management have been subjected to" and called for "a new standard of international business conduct." Haughton had been scheduled to retire on his 65th birthday in September, but Kotchian, 61, might have been expected to succeed...
Most companies claim that mandatory retirement is necessary to maintain efficiency, preserve profits and clear the way for younger employees. But gerontologists find the arguments unfair. There is no evidence that an individual's efficiency or creativity declines dramatically once he passes his 65th birthday; indeed, many people-from scientists to craftsmen to musicians* have done their best work during their declining years. Nor can it be assumed that most elderly Americans are too feeble to support themselves. At least half of those now over 65 are physically capable of doing a day's work. Mandatory retirement...
...Extension is in its 65th years. It has granted an officially accredited degree validating the equivalent of four years' undergraduate work, in Harvard's three traditional areas of concentration, under various names...