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Picking up steady impulses sent out by a master and two slave radio transmitters on the ground, a 40-lb. receiving unit in the cockpit computed the helicopter's position by triangulation. On a stationary navigational chart of the area, the pilot watched a moving pen track his course. For commercial pilots in crowded urban areas, the system promised to permit helicopter service no matter what the weather...
...despite the apparent breadth of discretion. This was true, for example, of the Commerce Commission. In the case of radio, Congress never faced the problems and perhaps didn't even suspect their existence. The areas are depressingly complex; the agency is buffeted about by contrary winds and currents without chart or charter. The crucial question is not whether it has exceeded its grant of power, but whether it can frame a coherent policy for current problems. Basically, the facult, if any fault there is, is not the agencies' but the legislature's; and the indecision of the legislature reflects ultimately...
Among the "objective data" included in the article was a chart in which each of 28 fields of study at the ten leading universities was rated as "distinguished" or "not distinguished." Harvard scored 21 distinguished departments ratings to tie with Yale for third place, behind the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Chicago...
...concrete reinforced by steel; its treasures are guarded when the room is empty by two opaque glass hemispheres embedded in the ceiling, so sensitive that they will register an intruder's breath and sound the alarm. In this room Schriever arrays his men before a "Master Milestone Chart" which lists the key achievement dates and key target dates in the progress of the ICBM. Eight thousand channels lead from all elements of the program to the master chart, and they reveal clearly, and often painfully, where the program is lagging. "The successes and failures of all departments...
...Cadets 1 1/2 yrs. 3 yrs. 2 yrs. 1 yr. 7 1/2 yrs. COAST GUARD OCS 4 mos. 3 yrs. 1 2/3 yrs. 1 yr. 6 yrs. The above chart lists the various training programs for officers. The ROTC programs must be entered as an incoming freshman, and therefore only the OCS (Officers Candidate School), PLC (Platoon Leaders Class) and OCC (Officers Candidate Corps) plans are of interest to most college men. PCT stands for pre-commission training...