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...been growing nearly as fast as Japan's, was headed into a recession even before the colonels seized power. Despite all sorts of pump-priming measures, such as the cancellation of $260 million in farmers' debts to the state bank, Greece's economy remains in low gear...
...gear up for the coming campaign, Rockefeller named Emmet John Hughes, 47, former speechwriter for Dwight Eisenhower, Time Inc. staffer and Newsweek columnist, and three others to his "personal staff." He also gave his tacit approval to the formation of a blue-chip Rockefeller for President Committee whose members include four Senators, four Governors, five former Republican national chairmen and 14 noted businessmen. Its chairman: Cummins Engine Co. Chairman J. Irwin Miller, 58, of Columbus, Ind., a former head of the National Council of Churches and an archetype of the public-spirited businessman (he helped John F. Kennedy talk businessmen...
...planes hovered continually over the battlefield to locate the more easily indentifiable targets. To coordinate all the activities, an ABCCC (Airborne Command and Control Center) was kept in the sky high over Khe Sanh at all times. It was a C-130 Herky Bird packed with the latest electronic gear, which enabled the Air Force colonel on board to talk with Marines on the ground, pilots in the surrounding sky and his own superiors in Saigon...
...pilots speculated that the F-l 11, which sweeps in at treetop level on bombing runs, may have run into a hill or mountain. Not surprisingly, the Air Force slapped on a tight security blackout. Since the plane is crammed with the very latest navigational and other electronic gear, the U.S. did not want to let the enemy know whether it fell over the North or in Communist-held portions of Laos. The Pentagon confirmed that the second F-l 11 crashed in Thailand after what the Air Force described as "an in-flight" emergency; both of its crew members...
...stuck pretty much to movie equipment, provided Hollywood with its first reliable projectors and cameras, could fairly boast that they "took the flickers out of the flicks." Chuck Percy sought new fields, led Bell & Howell deep into such areas as microfilm and mailing systems, business machines and bindery gear...