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Many businessmen concede that the protesters' challenges are justified and have opened their eyes to social and environmental ugliness that they had never noticed before. "I've been looking at jet planes for a long time," says Wallace Booth, a vice president of North American Rockwell. "But until recently, I took it for granted that a lot of black smoke came out the back end. Now it aggravates...
Camping that takes the wild out of the wilderness does not attract everyone. Among those who still prefer the wilderness untouched is KOA President Darrell Booth, a former manager of the Billings Chamber of Commerce. He took over the job in 1967 after Drum, realizing that he was a better idea man than administrator, stepped down to a vice presidency. "Roughing it is my bag," says Booth. "But as a businessman, I know that if that was all I had to offer, I'd go broke. Most people nowadays want good facilities. I'll provide them, and meanwhile...
...racial fears could not balance Addonizio's debits in the polling booth. Chief among them appeared to be the extortion charges for which he is now on trial. Three city councilmen indicted with him were also defeated at the polls last week. Gibson, who takes office July 1 and has not yet made his key appointments, will have to work with a council composed of six whites and three blacks, five elected from opposition seats...
Onstage stood a mighty fortress of loudspeakers, looking like one of the barricades in Trovatore. As the thundering music began to jar the building, Met Assistant Manager Francis Robinson cowered inside a soundproof booth at the rear of the hall, touching his fingertips incredulously to the trembling walls. "Feel it," he said. At the end, when the group was booed for refusing to play an encore, Tommy's Composer Peter Townshend put the audience down emphatically by filling the historic hall with a distinctly nonoperatic four-letter word. Bing was more restrained. "I didn't understand a thing...
...very tired drawl. "I'm bout as old as you are, and that's pretty old. I jes don't know how long I can keep going." Ward made a half-hearted attempt at a recovery, and then smiled a PR man smile until the engineer n the booth mercifully switched back to Jim McKay. The next day Ruby ran very fast, but blew up two engines without completing the four qualifying laps. His crew toiled diligently through the week, and Ruby eventually qualified the team's backup car during the second weekend. He made the sixth best qualifying time...