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...than $1 billion with the British for the construction of copper and nickel plants in Siberia and the modernization of the port of Murmansk. They are buying Italian machines for making a wide range of products, including drip-dry clothing, ice cream and bread sticks. In addition, the Russians hint that they intend to purchase abroad a vast line of equipment to furnish a dozen major airports and 200 smaller fields over the next 20 years...
...sheriff of Middlesex County in Massachusetts has long done little more than march at the head of the Harvard commencement parade and appoint deputies, who made as much as $40,000 a year in fees for process serving. Critics charged that the office was marked by more than a hint of political patronage and monetary kickbacks. Named to the job earlier this year when the longtime Democratic incumbent died, Republican John J. Buckley immediately reformed the office. He hired guidance specialists for the house of corrections, which the sheriff runs, moved to separate juvenile prisoners from older offenders, used student...
Lady Bird had no reason to see Kennedys around every corner. She may have been the best First Lady of all-vibrant, energetic and durable. She was totally involved in a job that has provoked withdrawal and self-pity in others, and there has never been a hint of a credibility gap in anything she did or said. The diary is an extension of her person-a rare, refreshing private face in the public maelstrom...
...Hint of a Swap. What were the Soviets up to? For one thing, they may have been trying to pressure Turkey into returning the father-and-son pair who carried off the first successful hijacking of a Soviet aircraft last month, killing an 18-year-old stewardess in the process. Turkish President Cevdet Sunay, however, declared that the matter would be handled not as a political decision, but by Turkish courts, where it is still pending...
...quarter. In the event that the strike drags on beyond Christmas, that would signal an impasse so acute that the workers would probably stay out until February. But last week the company and the union went into what they called "intensive" bargaining and announced a news blackout?a traditional hint that rapid progress is being made. Any settlement is bound to exceed General Motors' final pre-strike offer of a 9.8% increase for the first year of a three-year contract, and will be inflationary. It will also set a target for other unions to match or exceed. Next year...