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...grim statistics, the scientists and the subcommittee concluded that the nation could and would survive-and the extent of survival would depend directly on the number of preparations made in advance. Inexpensive but effective civil defense-of which the U.S. now has practically none-"would save tens of millions of human lives," said Chairman Holifield. If every American family built its own basement shelter, added OCDM, atom deaths would be cut by 12 million and injuries by another 12 million. (OCDM is now distributing 50 million books showing how to construct a do-it-yourself shelter for $175.) Furthermore, said...
...estimate for sure the ocean's ability to absorb CO2. But man's future may depend on it. Concludes Revelle: "Man is moving and shaking the great globe itself in spite of himself. We may be disastrously changing the climate...
...Schaumburg to hear soothing words from Adenauer, accompanied by a brisk lecture on the mathematics of political survival. Adenauer conceded that Erhard, with the help of perhaps 30 or 40 Christian Democrats, might be able to collect enough votes to take over the chancellorship if he were willing to depend on the opposition Socialists for much of his strength, and if he were prepared to shatter the Christian Democratic Party. "If under these conditions you want to become Chancellor, go ahead and try," snapped Adenauer...
...Said Dwight Eisenhower: "The concerns of 'foreign' policy are not something remote and apart from the rest of our activities; they are deeply rooted in the very center of our local, personal pursuits, day by day." Example: stable world markets and indeed the safety of free civilization depend on maintaining a strong U.S. economy. The U.S. patriot in today's world, Ike said to the students, faces challenges as stirring as that felt by Francis Scott Key as he gazed from the British fleet, where he was held captive during a War of 1812 battle...
Buying a Hat. Attracted by such fancy pickings, an army of more than 20,000 full-time and part-time mutual fund salesmen, ranging from schoolteachers to bartenders, are selling fund shares. Many of them know no more than their customers about the market, depend on a fast spiel and reams of charts to do their selling. Yet a good part-time salesman can make $10,000 or $15,000 a year in commissions, full-time salesmen up to $25,000. Says Miss Irma Bender, a top fund salesman for Cleveland's Joseph, Mellen & Miller: "I tell prospects that...